People have been waiting for an innings like this from Sanju Samson for a long time, and on Tuesday, the Delhi Daredevils batsman finally delivered. A player known for throwing away promising starts finally made it count, scoring the first century of IPL 2017.
His knock of 102 off of 63 balls included eight 4s and five 6s, and he weathered a mid-innings wobble to make sure he helped the Daredevils to a mammoth score of 205/4, a total that led to a 97-run win over Rising Pune Supergiant.
SOCIAL CHATTER
Congratulations to our #DilliBoy #SanjuSamson on scoring the first century of the #IPL10. #DDTweets#RPSvDD#DilDilliHai pic.twitter.com/7BuUnuGZf4
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) April 11, 2017
Yesterday Ravi Shastri taunted #SanjuSamson, said it was about time he showed up.
— Arun George (@saysarun) April 11, 2017
How's that for a response!
Was there ever any doubt!#IPL #RPSvDD https://t.co/sZSaoe0316 pic.twitter.com/jNfF4F8p2U
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 11, 2017
Sanju Samson's innings -
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) April 11, 2017
First 31 runs, 14 balls
Next 23 runs, 31 balls
Last 48 runs, 18 balls#IPL #RPSvDD https://t.co/sZSaoe0316 pic.twitter.com/pUQzv92WNT
Sanju Samson 22y-151d - 2nd youngest to make an #IPL 100 after Manish Pandey 19y-253d in 2009#RPSvDD
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 11, 2017
So proud of our boy #SanjuSamson a beautiful knock @rajasthanroyals we know how to find players! 👏
— Raj Kundra (@TheRajKundra) April 11, 2017
Watching Sanju Samson bat: awe struck by his timing. Like all young talented Indian batsmen, is fearless in his shot making. #ddvsrps
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) April 11, 2017
