Published 13:04 IST, September 23rd 2020

Rishabh Pant trolled heavily with memes by netizens after Sanju Samson's knock vs Chennai

Rishabh Pant was heavily trolled after Sanju Samson played a whirlwind knock of 74 off 32 balls with one four and nine towering sixes against Chennai.

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Rajasthan beat Chennai by 15 runs in Match 4 of Dream11 IPL 2020 on Tuesday to start tournament in grand fashion. star performer for Rajasthan was wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson, who played a whirlwind kck of 74 off 32 balls with one four and nine towering sixes. In his blistering kck, Sanju Samson displayed an array of shots and proved why he is touted as one of best young talents in country.

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Dream11 IPL 2020: Rishabh Pant trolled mercilessly after Sanju Samson's whirlwind kck

For his great kck, Sanju Samson was judged Player of Match for Rajasthan vs Chennai Dream11 IPL 2020 game. After game, many fans and pundits showered praise on Sanju Samson, which led to comparisons with ar wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant. Pant has been provided with chances galore at international level. Several fans took to social media and trolled Rishabh Pant for his performances for India. Let's take a look at a few reactions. 

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tably, Sanju Samson first me his debut against Zimbabwe in 2015 and has since gone onto feature in just four T20Is for India. In four matches, Sanju Samson has scored just 35 runs at a strike rate of 97.22. While his last appearance for national team came in February 2020 against New Zealand, he is yet to make it to India’s ODI or Test sides. However, Sanju Samson Dream11 IPL stats are impressive, to say least.

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 Samson Dream11 IPL stats include 2283 runs he has scored in 94 matches at an aver of 28.18 and a staggering strike rate of 132.11. Kerala batsman has also scored 11 fifties and two hundreds in process. Samson is one of most crucial players of  Rajasthan squ for Dream11 IPL 2020 and his performances will be key in determining how far Rajasthan-based franchise go into tournament.

Rajasthan squ for Dream11 IPL 2020

Steve Smith (Captain), Sanju Samson (Wicket-keeper), Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Tom Curran, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Ankit Rajpoot, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jaydev Unkat, Manan Vohra, Shashank Singh, Ben Stokes, Aniruddha Joshi, Jos Buttler, Anuj Rawat, Andrew Tye, Karthik Tyagi, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron

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13:04 IST, September 23rd 2020