NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson on Sunday accomplished 3,000 runs for his franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL). He turned the primary batter to take action.
Samson reached this milestone throughout his aspect’s IPL 2023 match in opposition to Gujarat Titans (GT) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2023 Highlights: RR keep high spot with 3-wicket win over GT
Chasing 178 runs vs Gujarat Titans, Samson scored a powerful 60 runs off 32 balls, together with three fours and 6 sixes at a strike charge of 187.50.
Samson has performed 115 matches for Rajasthan Royals and scored 3,006 runs at a mean of 29.76 and a strike charge of 139.10. He additionally has two centuries and 16 fifties below his belt whereas enjoying in RR colors.
His most prolific season got here in 2021.
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IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals beat Gujarat Titans to remain on the high
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<p>Powerful knocks by skipper Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer led Rajasthan Royals to a shocking three-wicket win over holders Gujarat Titans to remain high of the IPL desk on Sunday.</p>
<p>Chasing 178 for victory, Rajasthan trusted Samson’s 32-ball 60 and an unbeaten 56 by Hetmyer to realize their goal with 4 balls to spare in Ahmedabad. </p>
<p>Shubman Gill (45) and David Miller (46) guided Gujarat to 177/7 after being requested to bat first.</p>
<p>Wriddhiman Saha fell to a dramatic mid-pitch catch by Trent Boult off his personal bowling after the ball bounced off Samson’s gloves following a close to collision between three fielders. </p>
<p>Gill began strongly regardless of dropping companions however placed on a 59-run stand with skipper Hardik Pandya to take the assault to the opposition. </p>
<p>Sandeep Sharma denied Gill his fifty however Miller smashed boundaries in his 30-ball knock and Abhinav Manohar hit 27 off 13 balls. </p>
<p>Rajasthan have been 4/2 after which 55/4 when Samson and Hetmyer put collectively 59 off 27 deliveries to deliver alive the chase. </p>
<p>Samson took on Rashid Khan in an over and smashed a hat-trick of sixes after which took on Noor Ahmad earlier than departing. </p>
<p>Noor Ahmad got here in as impression participant for Gujarat and after getting smashed for a six and 4 acquired Samson caught out. </p>
<p>But the dismissal solely fired up Hetmyer who saved up the cost as he and Dhruv Jurel (18), acquired 20 runs from an Alzarri Joseph over to close the goal. </p>
<p>Hetmyer completed off the chase with a six off Ahmad, an IPL debutant who was given the ultimate over by Pandya. </p>
<p>Mohammed Shami stood out with figures of three/25 for Gujarat Titans. </p>
In 14 matches in 2021, the Kerala wicket-keeper batter scored 484 runs at a mean of 40.33 and a strike charge of 136.72. He scored one century and two half-centuries, with the most effective rating of 119.
Behind him within the run-scoring charts for RR are Ajinkya Rahane (2,810 runs in 100 matches), Jos Buttler (2,508 in 63 matches), Shane Watson (2,372 runs in 78 matches) and Rahul Dravid (1,276 runs in 46 matches).
In his IPL profession, which additionally noticed him characterize Delhi Capitals, Sanju has scored 3,683 runs at a mean of 29.23 and a strike charge of 136.76. He has scored three centuries and 19 fifties in his profession, with the most effective rating of 119. Sanju is the Seventeenth-highest run-scorer within the league’s historical past.
The 2021 IPL season stays his most prolific season ever.
The high five-run scorers in IPL are Virat Kohli (6,838 runs in 227 matches), Shikhar Dhawan (6,477 runs in 210 matches), David Warner (6,109 runs in 167 matches), Rohit Sharma (5,986 runs in 231 matches) and Suresh Raina (5,528 runs in 205 matches).