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Sanju Samson scored his maiden century for the Chennai Super Kings as he finally announced his arrival in front of a packed MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Samson`s brilliant innings of 113 runs took CSK to 212 at the end of their innings against Delhi Capitals.
Samson looked in fine touch from ball one as he drove through the covers on the first ball. The Indian star opener raced to a half-century just after the end of the powerplay and helped CSK put on a competitive score on the board.
Samson`s innings consisted of 15 fours and 3 sixes as he powered his way to his 4th IPL ton, and first for his new franchise. This was also the first century this season in the IPL, fittingly from the batsman who won the player of the tournament in the recently concluded T20 World Cup.
Sanju Samson was well supported by Ayush Mhatre, and the duo stitched together a partnership of 113 runs before Mhatre retired out after scoring 59 runs off 36 balls.
Shivam Dube joined Samson in the middle for the final part of CSK`s innings, and the duo took CSK to 212 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Having put into bat first, CSK will be pleased with the total and will hope that the bowlers can defend the total. CSK are still looking for the first win of the season, having lost all three matches so far.
For the Delhi Capitals, Axar Patel was the only wicket-taker and finished his quota of four overs with 1/39. DC are in fine form this season, but will need another big chase to get a win. The Delhi-based franchise lost in a last-ball thriller against the Gujarat Titans in their last outing.
Confirmed playing XI for both teams:
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, KL Rahul(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Auqib Nabi Dar, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar
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