Sanju Samson: Team India's wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson is one of the famous names in Indian cricket. There are often discussions on social media that despite having talent, this player does not get enough opportunities. This is the reason why despite making his debut in 2015, Sanju (Sanju Samson) has not played many matches.

Apart from this, this player has been a star in domestic cricket. He has shown his batting prowess in many prestigious tournaments including Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy. Today in this article we are going to discuss about the 212-run innings played by Sanju Samson in the 2019 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

When Sanju Samson scored 212 runs

Actually this incident is of 12 October, 2019. Vijay Hazare Trophy was going on. Under this, a match was being played between Kerala and Goa.

If we talk about this match, then after winning the toss, Kerala decided to bat first. Sanju Samson batted brilliantly for this team that came to bat first. The right-handed batsman smashed 212 runs while thrashing the opposition bowlers.

Sanju played this innings in 129 balls with the help of 21 fours and 10 sixes. During this his strike rate was 164.34. Apart from him Sachin Baby also contributed 127 runs. Due to these innings, Kerala scored a huge score of 377 runs for the loss of three wickets in 50 overs.

The situation of the competition was something like this

Batting first, Kerala had set a target of 378 runs for Goa.

In reply, Goa lost two wickets at a score of 72 runs. However, after this Aditya Kaushik batted brilliantly and scored 58 runs in 91 balls with the help of 6 fours. Apart from him, Tunish Sawkar also contributed 56 runs in 33 balls. However, this was not enough in response to the huge score scored by Kerala. In the end, the team could score only 273 runs. Kerala won this match by 104 runs.