Fans Troll Sanju Samson For His Golden Duck Against Sri Lanka: The Gautam Gambhir era started with a T20I series win. India beat Sri Lanka in the first match of the 3-game T20I series by 43 runs. They were sensational with the bat as they scored 213 runs. In reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 170 runs. Today, both the teams faced off against each other in the second T20I in Palekelle.
Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to field first. There was one notable change made in the Indian playing XI. Sanju Samson replaced vice-captain, Shubman Gill in the playing XI. At the toss Sky said that Shubman Gill woke up with neck spasm on the day of the second T20I. So, he was rested in the game and Samson was included in the playing XI. Samson will likely open the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal when India comes to chase the total.
Sri Lanka have managed to score 161 runs in their 20 overs. Pathum Nissanka scored 32 runs off 24 balls, Kusal Perera scored 53 runs off 34 balls, and Kamindu Mendis scored 26 runs off 23 balls. For India, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel picked up 2 wickets each. On the other hand, Ravi Bishnoi picked up 3 wickets. Meanwhile, rain shortened India’s chase and as per DLS method, the match was reduced to 8 overs and they had to chase down 78 runs.
India chased down the total without any fuss. They scored 81 runs in 6.3 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs off 15 balls, Suryakumar Yadav scored 26 off 12 balls and Hardik Pandya scored 22 runs off 9 balls. However, Samson who got the chance to play in the absence of Gill was dismissed for a golden duck.
Fans Troll Sanju Samson For His Golden Duck Against Sri Lanka
Samson has not had consistent chances to cement his position in the Indian XI. Pant was preferred ahead of him for the wicket-keeper spot. Now, when he finally got the chance, he was disappointing with the bat. Fans reacted as Samson returned for a golden duck.
