{"id":2025,"date":"2026-04-12T01:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/samson-thanks-chepauk-staff-after-flat-pitch-helps-him-reach-98"},"modified":"2026-04-12T01:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T01:44:45","slug":"samson-thanks-chepauk-staff-after-flat-pitch-helps-him-reach-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1win.za.com\/ipl\/samson-thanks-chepauk-staff-after-flat-pitch-helps-him-reach-98","title":{"rendered":"Samson Thanks Chepauk Staff After Flat Pitch Helps Him Reach 98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson sounded grateful to the Chepauk ground staff after the pitch turned out flat for the clash against Delhi Capitals. With the surface playing true, he felt he didn\u2019t have to add anything extra to his preparation. He also described his 98-run knock as a steady climb\u2014only batting into the 18th over before he had any lingering thought that he could have gone further.<\/p>\n<h3>Samson\u2019s 98, Chepauk\u2019s roar and a plan for the next ball<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sanju Samson credited the Chepauk curator for a flat pitch ahead of the game versus Delhi Capitals.<\/li>\n<li>Samson scored 98 and reached the 18th over before he began to think, \u201cmaybe I could\u2019ve\u2026\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>He practiced a reverse scoop over short third and finished the 18th over by sending it for four.<\/li>\n<li>Chepauk hosted a weekend crowd of 31,244 people, with fans desperate to see Samson move from 98 into the 100s.<\/li>\n<li>Samson dedicated his century celebration salute to head coach Stephen Fleming, taken from <i>Padaiyappa<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By the time Samson\u2019s innings gathered momentum, Chepauk had fully switched into festival mode. A weekend match drew 31,244 spectators, and almost everyone seemed to have Samson\u2019s name on their lips. The volume rose even further when he reached the point where a century looked within reach\u2014then the moment arrived when his practiced scoop sailed for four to close out the 18th over.<\/p>\n<p>For a fanbase that has sometimes been forced to look backward to keep faith during leaner chapters, the day offered a clearer line to what\u2019s next. Samson\u2019s aura, and the way he carried a big score into the late part of the chase, made the \u201cfuture\u201d feel possible again at a stadium that lives for milestones.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Samson is expected to become the central face of Chennai Super Kings for the years to come, even if captaincy doesn\u2019t land on his shoulders. His century celebration added another layer to the story: a salute style taken straight from a Rajinikanth film, specifically <i>Padaiyappa<\/i>. He directed that gesture toward head coach Stephen Fleming.<\/p>\n<p>Samson\u2019s form into the contest had been patchy, with recent knocks reading 6, 7 and 9. He admitted that starts like that are enough to plant doubts and make a player question where things are going wrong. He also pointed out that the downturn didn\u2019t happen in isolation\u2014it came alongside the rise of other batters competing for roles around him.<\/p>\n<h3>How T20 batting has evolved\u2014and why CSK didn\u2019t chase change<\/h3>\n<p>IPL 2024 set a new benchmark for openers, with strike rates climbing from 141.52 in the previous season to 154.67. That shift also coincided with the birth of a boundary-first style as batters realised they could build an entire T20 innings purely around attacking scoring. Travis Head\u2019s impact became part of that broader lesson, and IPL 2025 pushed the opener strike rate further to 156.51.<\/p>\n<p>The trend has accelerated again in IPL 2026, where opener strike rate is sitting at 170.85\u2014though the figure is based on a smaller sample of 18 matches so far. The numbers are enough to make many players rethink their approach, but CSK, for better or worse, rarely wander from routines when things are working.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Samson didn\u2019t tinker with his pre-match process. He chose to bat as though he was already flowing, rather than reshaping his mindset to chase a new identity mid-season. The same steadiness shaped Ruturaj Gaikwad\u2019s approach\u2014he wanted to keep his technique compact, lean on timing, and give himself the best chance for the day to go his way.<\/p>\n<p>Gaikwad did have a brief glimpse of momentum when he landed a cover drive in the third over, but he couldn\u2019t find the gap on that occasion. At that point, CSK\u2019s captain was 3 runs off 8 balls on Saturday, and had a seasonal return of 44 off 44. The way he threw his head back and clenched his teeth suggested he was at least partially aware of those figures in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Across the league, top-order batters have turned boundary-hunting into a non-negotiable. They walk out with the knowledge that nine of the eleven players who can stop them can\u2019t even cross the 30-yard line until the ball is delivered. It\u2019s an advantage that feels almost unfair\u2014one the \u201chouse\u201d would happily take, and one teams keep exploiting because it pays off.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh combined in a powerplay that read like an invitation to pile on runs. They produced 103 for 0 and 93 for 0 against each other in separate match situations, hitting from both ends and turning the field restrictions into instant scoring.<\/p>\n<p>In Chennai, one batter matched the modern pace while another lagged behind. Gaikwad\u2019s strike rate after facing the first 15 balls he has encountered in IPL 2026 stands at 104.54, the lowest among the 20 openers who have taken the field at least twice. It underlined how different his role still looked compared to the new wave of openers treating every delivery as a launchpad.<\/p>\n<h3>Mindset shift: bulk runs versus impact<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Finch, who opened for Australia to win a T20 World Cup, offered a blunt view on the evolution of batting on ESPNcricinfo\u2019s TimeOut. Finch suggested that for decades, some players\u2019 focus has stayed narrow\u2014chasing bulk runs by habit. He argued that T20 impact demands a mindset change: deciding what the biggest effect a batter can have on the match is, and acting on it quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Finch also contrasted generations. He said players who grew up in the T20 era have been trained to take on whatever happens, believing they can force the game. Others, he said, have been drilled with a different message for years\u2014\u201cget hundreds, get hundreds, get hundreds\u201d\u2014which can make the shift to pure T20 influence slower.<\/p>\n<p>Within CSK\u2019s innings, Samson\u2019s role was both protective and progressive. He covered for his batting partner by striking through the powerplay, scoring 45 off 19 balls. But the defining feature of his knock arrived in the middle overs, where his conversion looked sharp and deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>Samson entered that phase with a strike rate of 236.84 and carried it forward to 185.16 as the overs moved on. Even as the field spread wider to challenge him, it didn\u2019t really blunt his attacking instincts. One of his standout shots came off Kuldeep Yadav\u2014a googly that drew him deep into his crease, where he still managed a flat-batted drive over extra cover for six.<\/p>\n<p>He had already shown off that off-side confidence at the T20 World Cup, where he was the only batter with a strike rate of 200 in that region. On Saturday, he pushed it even higher to 246.42, reinforcing that his best work is not just about timing, but also about reading the angle and committing to the swing.<\/p>\n<p>In an IPL shaped heavily by what openers deliver, the performances of Samson and Gaikwad can\u2019t be overstated\u2014especially for a team like CSK that depends on setting totals above par against every opponent, across differing conditions. Their bowlers need that cushion, and the side has historically suffered when it isn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, one half of that balance is beginning to click. The other half is still catching up, leaving CSK with a clear, ongoing task: keep building run support at the top while their middle order and partnerships find the same rhythm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson sounded grateful to the Chepauk ground staff after the pitch turned out flat for the clash against Delhi Capitals. 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