Pune, April 11 (Cricketnmore): Kerala youngster Sanju Samson's maiden T20 century helped Delhi Daredevils (DD) post a mammoth 205\/4 against Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in an Indian Premier League 2017 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 22-year-old right-hander, who became the second youngest to strike a century in the IPL, took the Pune bowlers to the cleaners from the word go, before converting his first T20 half century to what could be a match-winning hundred.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Samson, who got to his century with a straight six off Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa, clobbered five sixes and eight fours in his 63-ball 103.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South African all-rounder Chris Morris then added the late order fireworks in the final two overs, with a 9-ball unbeaten 38, that included three sixes and four boundaries, to raise Delhi's 200.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Put in to bat, Daredevils were once again off to a poor start losing opener Aditya Tare for nought but Sam Billings (24) and Sanju Samson resurrected the innings with a 69-run second wicket stand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Samson signalled his arrival with two consecutive fours of Deepak Chahar, who induced Tare off his first ball to get a thick edge to be caught behind by wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the next over, Samson destroyed medium pacer Ashoke Dinda's line and length by hitting two consecutive fours before Billings joined him to milk 16 runs from the third over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Englishman then struck Chahar for three back to back boundaries as the over yielded 15 runs, helping Delhi cross the 50-run mark by the end of the sixth over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pune's seven over wait to get their second breakthrough, was once again provided by the South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir, who struck on the first ball of his second over with the wicket of Billings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Billings, who had hit four boundaries facing 17 balls by now, failed to read a slider from Tahir, which was enough for the ball to crash the tip of the off-stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Billings' wicket brought the hero of the last match Rishabh Pant (31), who started well by dispatching Rajat Bhatia for two sixes in the 12th over as Delhi reached the three-figure mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Samson at the other end, completed his maiden T20 fifty off 41 deliveries with a deaf touch to long-on for a single off Englishman Ben Stokes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With the stage set for Delhi to launch the assault, Pant's resistance was cut short by a brilliant direct hit by Mayank Agarwal from point. The Delhi batsman's 22-ball effort with two sixes and a four, helped him add 53 for the third wicket with Samson.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Thereafter, it was an one man show from the Kerala youngster, who reached his maiden century before being dismissed one ball later by Zampa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pune leaked 45 runs in the final two overs as Morris went on with his natural game from the very first ball. He slammed Zampa for two fours and a six in the 19th over before clobbering Stokes for two more boundaries and as many maximums in the final over to take Delhi to the massive total.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief Scores: Delhi Daredevils 205\/4 (Sanju Samson 103, Chris Morris 38 not out, Rishabh Pant 31, Imran Tahir 1\/24) vs Rising Pune Supergiant.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/04\/sanju-samson-delhi-daredevils.jpg", "alt_img": "IPL 10: Sanju Samson's maiden ton takes Daredevils to 204\/5 vs Pune", "alt_title": "IPL 10: Sanju Samson's maiden ton takes Daredevils to 204\/5 vs Pune", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "IPL 10: Sanju Samson's maiden ton takes Daredevils to 204\/5 vs Pune", "seo_desc": "Pune, April 11 (Cricketnmore) Kerala youngster Sanju Samson's maiden T20 century helped Delhi Daredevils (DD) post a mammoth 205\/4 against Rising Pune Supergia", "seo_keywords": "Sanju Samson, Delhi Daredevlis", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "ipl-10-sanju-samson-s-maiden-ton-takes-daredevils-to-204-5-vs-pune", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2162", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-04-11 22:06:00", "updated": "2017-04-11 22:06:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-04-11 22:06:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-04-11 22:06:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ipl-10-sanju-samson-s-maiden-ton-takes-daredevils-to-204-5-vs-pune-25626" }