XtraTime Web Desk: After showing his class with bat, Sanju Samson showed his supreme athleticism on the field while taking a remarkable catch while going backwards to dismiss KKR cricketer Pat Cummins in a match of IPL 2020. The lanky cricketer hooked a short ball from Tom Curran towards square leg, and Samson ran from deep mid wicket and took a brilliant catch leaping backwards to grab the ball behind his head.
The IPL tweeted out a link to Samson’s catch and captioned it “Spectacular Sanju grabs a stunner.”
Sachin Tendulkar reacted to Samson’s effort that saw the fielder smash his head against the ground in the act of completing the catch.
Samson fell over after having grabbed the ball and for a moment seemed to have hit his head hard.
“Brilliant catch by @IamSanjuSamson!” tweeted Tendulkar. “I know how much it hurts when you bang your head like this on the ground. I experienced it in the 1992 World Cup in our match against the WI when I took a catch.”
Later Sachin shared another video which was posted by a fan where both Sachin & Samson’s catch were shown.” Thanks for sharing this!,” said Sachin while retweeting the video.