Kerala’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson played a brilliant century against Jharkhand. This was Sanju’s first match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 edition, in which he completed his century in 90 balls. With this innings, Sanju has presented a strong claim for the ODI series against New Zealand. Let us tell you that till the time of writing the news, BCCI has not announced the team for the ODI series.

India vs New Zealand, 3 match ODI series will start from January 11. BCCI is going to announce the team soon, the names of Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul are coming out as 2 wicketkeepers. However, in the ongoing edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Sanju Samson has also staked his claim by scoring a century in his very first match.

Kumar Kushagra played explosive innings

In this match of the fifth round played in Ahmedabad, Jharkhand captain Ishan Kishan had decided to bat first. Kumar Kushagra scored the most runs for Jharkhand, he played an unbeaten inning of 143 runs. In this century innings played in 137 balls, Kushagra hit 7 sixes and 8 fours. Anukul Roy scored 72 runs. Batting first, Jharkhand had set a target of 312 runs for Kerala.

Sanju Samson made a partnership of 212 runs with the captain.

While chasing the target, Sanju Samson and Rohan Kunnummal gave a great start to Kerala, both of them made a partnership of 212 runs for the first wicket. Rohan scored 124 runs in 78 balls, in this innings he hit 11 sixes and 8 fours.

Sanju Samson completed his century in 90 balls, he scored 101 runs in 95 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 9 fours.

sanju samson career

Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has played 16 ODI matches for India, in which he scored 510 runs at a strike rate of 99.60. He has scored 1 century and 3 half-centuries in ODIs. Sanju played his last international ODI match in December 2023.

Apart from this, Sanju Samson scored 1032 runs in 52 T20 matches, in this shorter format he scored 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries.