Sanju needed only 3 runs before the match to reach this point.

He achieved this feat by hitting a brilliant four over point on a wide ball from Kagiso Rabada in the second over of the innings. With this he joined the list of select batsmen to complete 5000 runs in IPL.

Samson completed 5 thousand runs in the least number of balls.
Samson completed 5000 runs in just 3555 balls. He became the third fastest batsman to reach this figure in IPL history. Only AB de Villiers (3288 balls) and David Warner (3554 balls) are ahead of him. Sanju went ahead among Indian players. Earlier this record was in the names of Suresh Raina (3620 balls), KL Rahul (3688 balls) and MS Dhoni (3691 balls).

Sanju left Dhoni behind
However, after making the record, Sanju’s innings did not last long. Rabada again dismissed him in the fourth over. Sanju tried to cut the ball going outside the off stump, but it hit the edge of the bat and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler took an easy catch. Samson returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs in 15 balls.

Sanju is looking in great form this season. Just a few days ago, he had scored a brilliant century against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium.

This was his second century this season. Earlier, he had scored unbeaten 115 runs against Delhi Capitals in Chennai on 11 April.

This is the first time that Sanju has scored two centuries in the same season of IPL. With this, he has scored a total of 8 centuries in his T20 career. Among Indian batsmen, only Virat Kohli and Abhishek Sharma are ahead of him, who have 9-9 T20 centuries in their names.

If we talk about the current season, Sanju Samson has scored 298 runs in 8 matches.

His average is 59.60 and strike rate is 172.2, which shows his excellent form.