Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Sanju Samson Hits Akeal Hosein for 22 in One Over
India played West Indies in the second T20 cricket match in Ranchi.
Sanju Samson faced Akeal Hosein, who plays with him for Chennai Super Kings.
Samson scored 22 runs in Hosein’s fifth over.
He hit the ball for boundaries and sixes.
Samson kept scoring after India lost Abhishek Sharma.
He reached 50 runs in only 21 balls.
India had scored 79 runs and lost one wicket during the powerplay.
The report also noted that Samson had been under scrutiny because his recent scores had been uneven.
Sanju Samson scored 22 runs off Akeal Hosein in the fifth over of India’s second T20I against West Indies in Ranchi.
Samson hit Hosein for a four, two sixes and another boundary off an inside edge.
He reached his half-century in 21 balls.
Samson’s innings helped India reach 79/1 in the powerplay.
The report said Samson had scored two fifties and had seven scores below 15 in the 10 matches before this T20I.
- Who
- Sanju Samson and Akeal Hosein, in India’s match against West Indies.
- What
- Samson scored 22 runs off Hosein in one over and reached a half-century in 21 balls.
- When
- During the second T20I; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- Ranchi.
- Why
- Samson’s scoring helped India maintain momentum after Abhishek Sharma was dismissed.
- Match
- India vs West Indies, second T20I
- Venue
- Ranchi
- Runs in Hosein’s over
- 22
- Over
- Fifth
- Balls to reach fifty
- 21
- India’s powerplay score
- 79/1
- Samson’s record in the 10 matches before this T20I
- Two fifties and seven scores below 15