Ruturaj Gaikwad Lauds Sanju Samson’s Match-Winning Knock Against Delhi Capitals
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Grateful to have Sanju: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s praise for Sanju Samson’s match-winning knock vs DC
The 49th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season between the Delhi Capitals and the Chennai Super Kings was a low-scoring thriller at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on May 5. Both sides, with a bunch of power-hitters, had to struggle a bit to score runs on the surface.
Delhi Capitals’ struggle
Initially, before the toss, the surface looked hard enough to bat on. But, as soon as the match started, equations and predications started to change. KL Rahul and Pathum Nissanka, the in-form openers of the home team, Delhi Capitals, departed inside the power play. Inside the 11th over of the first innings, DC’s half of the batting line-up was gone.
Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, Delhi managed to score 155 runs on the board because of the much-needed knocks by Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi. Stubbs, who is known for attacking batting style, got 38 runs from 31 balls. The knock was a bit slower for the modern age Twenty20 cricket standards, but that was needful for the team at that moment.
CSK’s winning chase
CSK, when they came to bat in the second innings, also lost a couple of wickets quickly in the forms of their skipper, Ruturaj Gaikwad, and Urvil Patel. Sanju Samson, who already recorded a pair of hundreds for CSK in IPL 2026, remained firm on the track and kept on the side of the crease solid while chasing a target of 156. The target was not massive, but it might be the nature of the pitch, which made life hard for the batters to accumulate runs.
Sanju Samson’s masterclass sealed the win for the team against the Delhi Capitals. Samson remained not out from 87 runs from 52 balls. Chennai won the match by 8 wickets and 15 balls to spare.
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s praise for Sanju Samson
“I think even initially after the 2nd and 3rd game, Flem and myself were positive, we were closer to what we were last year. Sanju had come along and the bowling was doing well. We then got a couple of wins and everyone started to gel together,” CSK captain Ruturaj captain said in the presentation ceremony.
“On the batting side, more than grateful to have Sanju after the tournament he had in the WC, he’s our backbone, but it’s the bowlers who do the job. Aleal and Jamie come and silently do the job, Anshul is someone who does his job silently, he had a bad game today, but they’ve all come well together,” he added.
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Pritam Santra is a writer at CricketAddictor.
