The actual Sanju Samson stepped up because the Indian cricket tea took on South Africa within the third and ultimate ODI of the sequence on Thursday. Samson scored his maiden ODI century, 8 lengthy years after making his worldwide debut however the milestone was definitely worth the wait because the triple-digit rating ensured India received the series-decider. Samson, a participant who stays fairly in style throughout India regardless of his struggles to cement a spot within the Indian workforce in any of the three codecs, actually despatched a wave of jubilation throughout the nation. For followers, Samson’s heroics laid the muse of a weekend filled with leisure, with many awaiting the discharge of Salaar film.

Samson scored 108 off 114 because the Indian workforce put 296 runs on the board after batting first on a difficult wicket. Tilak Varma was the one Indian batter to have crossed the 50-run mark for the workforce. Here’s how followers reacted to Samson’s knock:

Sanju on Thursday. #Salaar on Friday! @IamSanjuSamson is well one of the naturally gifted batsmen at present enjoying the sport!

— Prithviraj Sukumaran (@PrithviOfficial) December 21, 2023

Sanju Samson to haters:#SanjuSamson #Dunki #SRK𓃵 #Salaar #Sanju #DunkiFirstDayFirstShow pic.twitter.com/gnucEKjG0E

— Jivendra Singh (@Jivendr) December 21, 2023

Mohanlal is again on the field workplace with a bang and Sanju Samson scoring his first Century. A excessive day for Malayalees I feel.

If Prithviraj hit it out of the park tomorrow, cannot ask for a greater Xmas current.

So excited!#NeruMovie #SanjuSamson #Salaar #Mohanlal

— Bony Jacob (@bony_jacob) December 21, 2023

Mohanlal is again on the field workplace with a bang and Sanju Samson scoring his first Century. A excessive day for Malayalees I feel.

If Prithviraj hit it out of the park tomorrow, cannot ask for a greater Xmas current.

So excited!#NeruMovie #SanjuSamson #Salaar #Mohanlal

— Bony Jacob (@bony_jacob) December 21, 2023

Mohanlal is again on the field workplace with a bang and Sanju Samson scoring his first Century. A excessive day for Malayalees I feel.

If Prithviraj hit it out of the park tomorrow, cannot ask for a greater Xmas current.

So excited!#NeruMovie #SanjuSamson #Salaar #Mohanlal

— Bony Jacob (@bony_jacob) December 21, 2023

This innings from Sanju Samson in abroad at a really powerful situation is gonna be remembered for a really very very long time!#SanjuSamson #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/TE3kayApQa

— Prathisha.P (@prathi_17_18) December 21, 2023

Tony de Zorzi scored the best for South Africa with 81 off 87 whereas captain Aiden Markram performed a knock of 36 runs. For India Arshdeep Singh was the principle destructor, as he bagged 4 wickets conceding simply 30 runs whereas Washington Sundar returned with a determine of 2-38.

After India’s commanding victory within the series-opener, Proteas turned the tables round and registered an 8-wicket win within the second ODI at Gqeberha, nonetheless, Men in Blue made a surprising comeback within the sequence decider to win the third and ultimate ODI by 78 runs.

This is the second time India defeated Proteas at their house in a bilateral sequence earlier than this Men in Blue registered a 5-1 sequence victory over South Africa in 2018. With this win, KL Rahul grew to become solely the second Indian captain to win an ODI sequence in South Africa after Virat Kohli (2018).

With ANI inputs