Sanju Samson's Emotional Revelation After T20I Century Vs SA: 'Waited For This Moment For 10 Years'

Samson celebrates after breaching the 100-run mark [Source: @mufaddal_vohra/X.Com]

In his last six competitive games, Sanju Samson has scored three hundreds, including one in the Duleep Trophy, and the inform India wicketkeeper batter is looking to make hay while the sun shines.

Samson's 107 off 50 balls against South Africa, his second T20I hundred in as many matches after his 111 against Bangladesh last month, has helped him to partially brush off the tag of an underperformer.

"Really enjoyed my time out there in the middle. I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say," Samson said after collecting his player of the match award following India's 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I.

Samson also spoke about his current form in the game's shortest format and he added that he'll look to stay grounded despite the recent success.

“If I think a lot I will get emotional. I waited for this moment for 10 years, I’m very happy, grateful and blessed. But I would like to keep my feet on the ground, be in the moment and enjoy," he added.

Once Samson departed, India could only add 35 runs in the last 5 overs as the Proteas bowlers were brilliant in the death overs and the batters struggled to get going.

India seal emphatic victory

Chasing 203 was never going to be an easy task and the Indian bowlers made sure that South African batters strugle to even reach the 150-run mark.

With the required rate well above the 10-run mark from the start, the home side had to play their attacking shots right from the word go and as a result, they lost wickets at regular intervals and could only score 141. Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi were the stars with 3-wickets each for India.

(Inputs from PTI)

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