IND vs NZ | Twitter stunned as Samson compensates for mediocre batting with one-handed screamer with gloves
Sanju Samson’s eye-catching batting often puts his work with the gloves to the background, but he reminded the cricketing world of his prowess behind the wickets during the first T20I against New Zealand. The Indian wicketkeeper came up with a diving effort to latch onto a single-handed blinder.
After being asked to bat, India made a gargantuan 238/7 in the first T20I against New Zealand in Nagpur on Wednesday. Abhishek Sharma led from the front, smashing eight sixes and five fours, top-scoring for the Men in Blue with a whirlwind 84 off 35. Meanwhile, Rinku Singh provided the fireworks towards the end with an unbeaten 20-ball 44 to take the side past the 200-run mark.
The Kiwis’ chase at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, however, started off on the wrong note. An accurate Arshdeep Singh sent Devon Conway packing in just the second ball after the restart, courtesy of Sanju Samson’s terrific effort behind the stumps.
The left-arm pacer bowled a fuller length, allowing the ball to shape away late from the southpaw and forcing him to play at it. The Kiwi opener got a thick edge with the ball flying lowly towards the first slip.
However, Samson showed great presence of mind to quickly put in the dive, knowing that the ball would not carry to Abhishek Sharma at the cordon. That anticipation and quick leap allowed him to latch onto the ball with his outstretched left hand, while still airborne, before landing safely to assist India’s first breakthrough.
He was pumped up as he immediately got up and looked towards the dressing room, with captain Suryakumar Yadav, applauding him with a hug. Twitter was in awe as Sanju made amends for his poor batting show with his glove work behind the stumps.
Superb!
WOW 😮
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Sanju Samson with a superb one-handed screamer 👏
Perfect start with the ball by 👌
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What a catch!
What a catch from Sanju samson to depart Conway absolute beauty
— the unknown memes (@theunknowmemes)
People should learn
People should learn from Sanju Samson how to handle pressure. He scored just 10 runs, but made a big impact as a wicketkeeper with a stunning diving catch to dismiss Devon Conway off Arshdeep Singh’s ball.
— Mahi Patel (@Mahi_Patel_07)
No.1 T20I WK — Sanju Samson.
Stunner
A superb one-handed catch from Sanju Samson! 🤯🔥🔥
— Saabir Zafar (@Saabir_Saabu01)
Too good
WHAT A CATCH BY SANJU SAMSON 🤯
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Wow
❤️🔥WOW 😮
— 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒖 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉 (@sonucnc2)
Sanju Samson pulls off a sensational one-handed catch 👏
Some catch
That is some catch from Sanju Samson 🚨
— Rinku Yadav (@yadavrinku2025)
Phenomenal
A PHENOMENAL CATCH BY SANJU SAMSON. 🇮🇳🔥
— Chalz (@itischalz)
On fire
A STUNNING CATCH BY SANJU SAMSON. 🇮🇳🔥
— I'm Vishal (@Vishalrajpatna)
Lovely
That is some catch from Sanju Samson 🚨
— | Global Cricket | (@swastik152)
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