Sanju Samson: Chennai Super Kings suffered a big blow in the do-or-die match against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. Wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson is out of the field due to injury.
Sanju Samson: Chennai Super Kings suffered a big blow in the do or die match against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026. The team’s star wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson got injured and left the field in the second over of the match. Concern increased in the CSK camp after his finger was injured.
Actually, in this match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Sanju Samson was keeping wickets during the innings of Gujarat Titans. Meanwhile, while trying to stop the ball behind the wicket, he got injured in his finger. During this accident, the ball touched Sanju’s gloves and went towards the boundary. But due to the ball hitting his hand, his finger became swollen. During this, Samson was seen in pain. Due to which he had to leave the field in the middle of the match.
After Sanju Samson’s exit, Chennai Super Kings entrusted the responsibility of wicketkeeping to Urvil Patel. Let us tell you, Sanju suffered this injury in the second over of Gujarat’s innings when Spencer Johnson was bowling. The third ball of the over swung late after going towards the leg side and touched Sanju’s gloves from the left side and went towards the boundary. Coming to bat first, Gujarat was given a stormy start by captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan and made a partnership of 125 runs for the first wicket.
Sanju Samson came to open for CSK while chasing the target of 230 runs. It was expected that he would play a big innings in this match. But this could not happen, right at the beginning of the innings, Samson was out on the ball of Mohammad Siraj without opening the account.
