“Well played Sanju for CSK” – Fans react as Sanju Samson gets dismissed for 17 off 17 balls against CSK

Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings went toe-to-toe with each other in the first leg at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Both teams literally gave it all in the contest. However, in the end, Chennai Super Kings fell short of the target by a whisker of five runs.

Sanju Samson and Co had the last laugh in the battle as they prevailed over CSK in the first meeting this season. Meanwhile, the second leg between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings is currently being held at Rajasthan’s den – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

Talking about the game, RR captain, Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bat first on a good batting track. The inaugural IPL champions got off to a blistering start to the game in the form of Jos Butter and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

In fact, Jos Buttler played second fiddle to Yashasvi Jaiswal as the latter scored runs for fun against CSK. In the process, the duo added 86-run stand for the opening wicket before Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Jos Buttler for 27.

Sanju Samson gets dismissed for 17 off 17 balls against CSK

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals’ captain Sanju Samson who came out to bat at No.3 didn’t looked completely set at the crease. He was playing a run-a-ball knock before he was dismissed by Tushar Deshpande in the first ball of the 13th over of RR’s innings.

Samson managed to hit just one boundary in his innings before he was dismissed in a disappointing manner. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the pick of the batters for the Royals as he scored 77 off 43 balls including eight fours and four sixes.

Chennai Super Kings’ playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Akash Singh

Rajasthan Royals’ playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

Well played Sanju for csk 👏

— A (@tweet2ashumi) April 27, 2023

Strike rate of 100 Harsha sir must be fuming.

— Archer (@poserarcher) April 27, 2023

Sanju Samson is a player with high calibre but highly inconsistent too…
Main reason for not getting long rope in international cricket…

— Unknown_♡ (@NEUTRALICTFAN) April 27, 2023

The main reason why he is not in the Indian team is that he is highly inconsistent.

— Sagar Nandal (@SagarNandal14) April 27, 2023

😞😞

— supreme mishra (@MishraSupreme) April 27, 2023

Tushar Deshpande took big wickets of Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal in one over! pic.twitter.com/9Ld12TVDuo

— Daddyscore (@daddyscore) April 27, 2023

Sanju samson need's to be consistent to get consistent chances in Indian Cricket team .

His scores this season:
Vs SRH 55(32)
Vs PBKS 42(25)
Vs DC 0(4)
Vs CSK 0(2)
Vs GT 60(32)
Vs LSG 2(4)
Vs RCB 22(15)
Vs CSK 17(17) (Today)#RRvsCSK #CSKvsRR #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/a2Yec1BRUD

— Naman (@NAMAN_1904) April 27, 2023

A game-changing moment for Tushar Deshpande as he took the wickets of both Sanju Samson and Jaiswal in the same over. Well played, Yashasvi Jaiswal 👏 #RRvsCSK pic.twitter.com/CqhOE8cCwx

— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45) April 27, 2023