Sam Perry

Let's talk about Sandrew then.

Now, many people will be giving Sandrew Sampson his flowers, but we have been Sandrew Sampson's biggest supporters for, I would say, in the realm of about four years.

We've been covering the IPL for five or six years now, and when we first came across him, we were like, this guy's just one of the best players they have, and he was hardly playing.

There are reasons for that.

Of course, India always have lots of good batters, but this guy is world-class.

And here's what we were saying literally on Friday.

You and I are both San Jose Samson fans.

So, I mean, I like it.

And I won't resolve from it.

Refuse to resolve from those obligations.

Now, when we're talking about investment being made, I didn't think he'd return the investment on Monday.

Or Sunday, indeed.

But, indeed, he has.

Here's what he said afterwards.

He said, I never felt...

that I would do something special like this, but I was just focusing on my role, just keeping one ball at a time and very grateful.

I think this is one of the greatest days of my life.

He hits a six and a four off Romario Shepard, I think it was, behind the 20th over in a must-win World Cup game.

As you said, he takes off the lead, he falls to his knees, crosses himself in spiritual recognition, and the nation just wraps their arms around him and...

It's just a feel-good story for Sandra Sampson, who probably should have played about 250 games for India by now, and he's played about 50, I think it is, maybe 60.