Sanju Samson could not convert on another opportunity as he bagged his second consecutive duck in the India vs Sri Lanka 3rd T20I on Tuesday, July 30. Samson, who kept his place in the third T20I despite a golden duck in the second game, was dismissed without troubling the scorers as he miscued a hit to deep point.
Samson charged down the track against the debutant Chamindu Wickramasinghe as he looked to play his delivery on the leg side. But he closed the face of the bat and the ball went aerial towards deep point after taking a thick edge off his bat. Wanindu Hasaranga settled under it as the Rajasthan Royals skipper departed for a nought.
After his second successive duck, netizens flooded the social media with humourous posts. Several users shared memes of movies or songs and connected them with Samson.
Watch some of the reactions here:
Sanju earned a call in the Indian team for the second T20I after Shubman Gill rested due to a neck spasm. Samson was clean-bowled by Maheesh Theekshana in the second game for a golden duck. He could not contribute in the second game too, lasting only four balls in total.
While Gill returned to the team for the final match, Samson kept his place with the series in the bag. India brought in the other three players - Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar and Khaleel Ahmed - who did not get a game before this one.
India were asked to bat first after Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka won the toss. "We are going to bowl first. Looks like a dry pitch. There was a batting collapse, when the ball gets older its a bit harder to bat. We have planned a little bit differently. One change, Wickramasinghe comes in for Shanaka," Asalanka said at the toss.
"Would've liked to chase as well with the weather around. Becomes difficult for the bowling team to control the ball later. We have 4 guys resting - Hardik, Axar, Rishabh and Arshdeep. We spoke about the brand of cricket we want to play and it's about topping it up every game and being the best version of ourselves," Surya said at the toss.
