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Ben Stokes IPL century: Twitter reactions on Stokes and Sanju Samson chasing 196 vs Mumbai Indians

Dixit Bhargav
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Ben Stokes IPL century: Twitter reactions on Stokes and Sanju Samson chasing 196 vs Mumbai Indians

Ben Stokes IPL century: The star English all-rounder has finally justified Rajasthan Royals’ decision of opening the batting with him.

During the 45th match of the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals in Abu Dhabi, Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by 8 wickets to register their fifth victory this season.

Chasing a mammoth 196-run target, Rajasthan never really played like a bottom-ranked team. Despite them losing opening batsman Robin Uthappa (13) and captain Steven Smith (11) inside the powerplay, persistence to open with all-rounder Ben Stokes paid-off as the Englishman registered his second IPL century in a winning cause.

Accompanied by wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson, the pair stitched together a match-winning 152-run partnership for the fourth wicket to leave the opposition bowlers clueless. Nullifying the consequential impact generated by Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya via his fourth IPL half-century, Stokes and Samson sealed the chase in the penultimate over.

The best part about the partnership was that runs were scored at an impressive uniform pace and not just towards the business end. While the same kept Royals into the match, it didn’t put unnecessary pressure on Stokes and Samson.

Stokes, who completed his half-century right at the halfway mark, crossed the three-figure mark in the last over of the match scoring 107* (60) including 14 fours and three sixes.

Samson, on the other hand, didn’t waste his start for a change as he contributed a well-made 54* (31) with the help of four fours and three sixes.

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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