“Jasprit Bumrah deserves the player of the match award” - Sanju Samson after winning the POTM award vs England

Indian opening batter Sanju Samson, who scored an 89-run knock against England in the second semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, has dedicated his Player of the Match award to the ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah for turning the tide towards his team’s favour in the second innings.

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Delving into the details of the game, India was tasked to bat first and posted a daunting total of 253/7 in 20 overs, courtesy of Samson's 89 and Shivam Dube's 43. Will Jacks and Adil Rashid scalped two wickets apiece.

In the chase, despite losing wickets, England looked in complete control of the chase, thanks to Jacob Bethell’s amazing century. However, it was Bumrah’s last two overs of his spell that turned the game towards India’s favour. Eventually, India secured a seven–run win to advance to the final.

“All credit goes to Jasprit Bumrah, the world class bowler, once in a generation bowler. I think that's what he delivered today. This award should go to him actually. If we didn't bowl that way in the death overs, I think I would not be standing here. All credit goes to the bowlers, how they backed themselves in the tough conditions,” Sanju Samson said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

When asked about missing his second consecutive century, Samson clarified he is not much bothered about personal milestones, adding that it actually comes in the process in the shortest format of the game.

“I think not at all. 100, you can't actually score a hundred. It actually comes in the process. It's not a Test game, it's not an ODI game where you can go up and down, up and down. Once you've got the start, you're batting first. There is no other way. You just have to keep going hard, hard, hard. And once you end up on the right side, who knows, I think, which amount of runs I'm getting. So I'm very happy to get whatever I'm getting and very happy to contribute on the winning side for my country,” he added.

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