The opening batter, Sanju Samson, went on to smash a solid century for Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 2026 game against Delhi Capitals as the side posted 212 runs in their innings.
He went on to smash 115* runs off 56 deliveries, helping the side to cross the 200-run mark on Saturday’s clash.
After being invited to bat first, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Sanju Samson opened the innings while Auqib Nabi opened the bowling attack.
The duo made a decent start, scoring 61 runs in the power play. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was in search of his touch and form, got dismissed for 15 runs by Axar Patel.
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Ayush Mhatre who came to bat at No. 3 started steadily while batting along with Samson. However, Delhi Capitals did make mistakes in fielding missing the chances of run out and catches of Ayush Mhatre.
Sanju Samson went on to smash fifty in the ninth over and Mhatre followed him to smash his fifty scoring 59 runs of 36 deliveries before walked out to dug out for retired out.
Shivam Dube came to bat at no.4 and continued to bat and at the other end, Sanju Samson smashed his first century for CSK. He registered his name in the list of most hundreds in IPL 2026.
By the end of 20 overs, Chennai Super Kings scored 212 runs in their 20 over innings where Sanju Samson remained unbeaten with 115 runs off 56 deliveries.
His knock included 15 fours and four sixes while Shivam Dube scored 20* runs off 10 deliveries.
Chennai Super Kings Playing 11: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed
Delhi Capitals Playing 11: KL Rahul (wk), Pathum Nissanka, Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel (c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Auqib Nabi, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
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