Sanju Samson Shines as Chennai Super Kings Edge Past Delhi Capitals in Thrilling IPL 2026 Encounter

Sanju Samson is in the limelight in IPL 2026, who was made part of his team by Chennai Super Kings through trade. He has scored 2 centuries for CSK. On Tuesday, he was very close to his third century. Chasing 156 runs given by Delhi Capitals, he scored a brilliant innings of 87 runs. After the match, he said that he had to be a little selfish to score a century, but he thought about the team first. Chennai's first wicket had fallen on 24 as Ruturaj Gaikwad, Gaikwad scored 6 runs in 13 balls. The pitch was proving to be difficult for batting. Sanju Samson first played cautiously and then hit big shots. Urvil Patel was also out for 17 runs in 9 balls. After this, Sanju and Kartik Sharma (41 not out) stayed till the end and took Chennai to victory. Sanju Samson scored unbeaten 87 runs in 52 balls with the help of 6 and 7 fours. He got the Player of the Match award for this innings. He said, "I have been doing this job since the beginning and I have been successful."