Watch: Sanju Samson Becomes The Saviour For India Against West Indies
Sanju Samson and Mohammed Siraj (Image Source: Twitter)
On 22 July 2022, India took on West Indies for the first ODI match of the three-match series. In the absence of star players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and others, Shikhar Dhawan got the opportunity to lead the side in this ODI series. India managed to win the match by just a three-run margin, thanks to Sanju Samson’s heroics.
Sanju Samson was the wicket-keeper in this match while West Indies was looking to chase down a target of 309 runs in 50 overs. However, the match went until last over when Sanju Samson came up with a fantastic dive to save India from a humiliating defeat in the series opener. The video got viral as fans came up with some praise for the player and it got surfaced quickly over Twitter.
Here is the shared Video on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Abhizdx/status/1550708415437357056
Sanju Samson came up with a Superman effort to save a certain boundary in the last over
Speaking of that video, it was the 50th over of the match when West Indies required only 15 runs from six balls. Mohammed Siraj was bowling while Akeal Hosein and Romario Shepherd were batting for West Indies. After four balls, only eight runs were required off two balls for the Caribbeans.
In the fifth ball of that over, Siraj bowled a wide delivery and it was looking to offer five free runs to West Indies. However, Sanju dived full-stretched to his left and saved that certain boundary. Otherwise, that would have cost the match for India. Even, Siraj was seen clapping for such a heroic effort from him as he acknowledged that.
However, Siraj managed to keep his nerves in the next two legal delivery as India survived to win this thriller match by three runs. Skipper, Shikhar Dhawan was the player of the match for scoring a match-winning 97 runs off 99 balls while batting first. India is scheduled for the second ODI against West Indies on 24 July 2022 at Queen’s Park Oval.
