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Being Sanju Samson isn't easy. After all, he was dropped from the T20I squad ahead of the ongoing tour of the West Indies. Notably, he was selected for the ODI squad and played the first game as a keeper. With the bat, he couldn't score big and was trapped lbw by Romario Shepherd after scoring 12. The right-hander batted at number five, a position where he has hardly batted in domestic cricket.
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Meanwhile, he couldn't make the best of his opportunity. The Kerala player had another opportunity to do well as he was donning the gloves. He had taken a catch of Kyle Myers (75) off Shardul Thakur in the 26th over of the West Indies innings. However, his biggest Test was in the last over of the game. The opposition needed 15 runs to win the game.
Mohammed Siraj started the over with a dot ball and conceded seven runs in four balls. However, he bowled a wide down the leg side on the penultimate delivery. The delivery was so wide that it would have easily gone for a boundary and the home team would have gotten five runs on a non-legal delivery. In this case, the Maroon Brigade would have the equation of chasing three runs off two balls.
However, Sanju dived and managed to stop the ball from going to the boundary. This meant that the West Indies got only the extra run for the wide. Now, they needed seven runs in the last two balls. Siraj bowled a wide yorker to Romario Shepherd which only yielded two runs for the latter. Now, the team needed five runs to win but could only score one run which meant India won by three runs.
Thus, one can easily conclude that if Samson didn't reach the ball and had it crossed the boundary, the Men In Blue could have potentially gone on to lose the game. The netizens have praised his keeping which proved crucial for the team's win.
This is how Twitter reacted
Sanju Samson’s stop was the difference in the end. 100% boundary. And that would’ve been Game Windies.
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) July 22, 2022
The save from Sanju Samson made a huge impact on the victory of the Indian team, it was a certain 4 extra runs for West Indies & they could have won the game. pic.twitter.com/wxcDLVqY29
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 22, 2022
Sanju Samson's keeping was outstanding in this match - In the last over he saved Crucial 4 runs and must credit goes to him and even Mohammad Siraj was appreciated and clapping for his wicketkeeping when he saved. pic.twitter.com/UCLgj2guOR
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) July 22, 2022
Sanju Samson's save of the day with 8 needed off 2 probably won't be remembered tomorrow. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/WOb6GO233g
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) July 22, 2022
#INDvsWI1stODI
— Shyam Kushwaha (@shyamkushwaha89) July 23, 2022
Love You @IamSanjuSamson ❤️🌹
शानदार जानदार लाजवाब जबरदस्त संजू बाबा @hhindinews @the_hindu @AHindinews @htTweets @JagranNews @DainikBhaskar pic.twitter.com/I9xvdJ7kQf
Indian won by 3 Runs#WIvIND pic.twitter.com/3X93jIM8q7
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) July 23, 2022
Most Improved Bowler in Recent times. Well Keeping @IamSanjuSamson https://t.co/eu20tjfJqX
— Kousick Raj K R🔆🐐🦁🦏🐕🦺 (@Kvr_kousick) July 23, 2022
That save from Sanju Samson won the match for us !!#WIvIND @IamSanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/1jXOOnfDZ6
— The Junior Virat (@axelblazelove) July 23, 2022
Jab tak India ko matches Wicket-keepers naa jeetaye maja nhi ata #IndvsWI #Sanju #Samson #Siraj
— thepurpose 🇮🇳 (@Windowz_guy) July 23, 2022
From @IamSanjuSamson if he failed to save the wide and boundary.... Ind would be losing the match
— Debajyoti Ghosh (@Realdebajyoti) July 23, 2022