India and Sri Lanka are currently locking horns with each other in the third and final ODI of the series in Colombo. The visitors already having an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series and for the same reason, they made a lot of changes to the side handing debuts to as many as five players. Sanju Samson is also one of those players who replaced wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan in the playing XI.
Sanju Samson was unlucky not to play in the first two ODIs as he suffered a knee injury ahead of the first game. However, he recovered on time before the third game and was straightaway included in the playing XI. He came out to bat quite early as India lost skipper, Shikhar Dhawan in the 3rd over and the Kerala batsman looked good for his 46 in his debut innings.
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The 26-year-old is known to play some eye-catch shots while in the middle and in the 10th over of the innings, he displayed his power-hitting as well. Off the fourth ball of the over, Akila Dananjaya tossed the ball up and Sanju Samson had no hesitation in coming down the track. Sanju Samson reached the pitch of the ball and smashed it right behind the bowler for a flat-six. It was so disdainfully and effortlessly hit that the commentators were in his awe, not for the first time in his career.
Here’s the video of the six:
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Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar are making their ODI debuts for the Indian team. Navdeep Saini also comes in among the changes made by the Indian team. On the other hand, as for Sri Lanka, they make three changes. Ishan Jayaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Ramesh Mendis come in.
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For India, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and the last game’s hero, Deepak Chahar have been rested on the other hand, for the hosts, Wanindu Hasranga, Lakshan Sandan, and Kasun Rajitha miss out from the last game.
