Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Sanju Samson for scoring a stunning century in the third T20I between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Saturday, October 12 as well. He also stated that the Indian coach Gautam Gambhir would be delighted with his knock. However, Sanju Samson smashed 111 runs off 47 balls as Team India set Bangladesh a massive 298-run target after opting to bat first. He then restricted Bangladesh to 164 for seven to register a 133-run win and complete a 3-0 whitewash in the series as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Let’s talk about Sanju Samson, the phenomenon. Gautam Gambhir had tweeted a few years ago that Sanju Samson is not only India’s best wicketkeeper-batter but the best young batter in the country. Once I was interviewing him (Samson) and I told him that the only motive in his life should be to get Gautam to tweet.”

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“Gautam used to wait for Sanju to do well for him to tweet. Gautam was a Sanju fan. He may still be a Sanju fan because of the way he batted. Firstly, he hit five sixes in an over. He said his mentor had asked him to do so. It came to my mind why his mentor didn’t talk about six sixes. Anyway, five sixes. He was stepping away and hitting sixes and fours along the ground. You will always see that silken touch in Sanju’s batting. His batting is extremely pleasing to the eye. He hits sixes while standing in his position and hits straight. He hit a six off the backfoot over cover against Mustafizur, and I was like ‘Wow’,” he shared.

In the same video, Aakash Chopra opened up on the significance of Sanju Samson’s century as well.

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“Sanju Samson scoring a century is a massive positive. You don’t often get to bat first twice in a three-match series on good pitches with the opposing team not pushing you that much. In such a scenario, if you send the series without scoring runs, the pressure increases, and on Sanju in any case. His career graph has been like that. He doesn’t get repeated opportunities that easily and in any case, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill will come back at some stage. It was an important innings. So well done Sanju Samson,” Aakash Chopra concluded.