India, April 24 -- Zaheer Khan was left impressed with Sanju Samson's match-winning performance on Thursday as Chennai Super Kings thrashed Mumbai Indians by 103 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. The opener once again showed why CSK decided to trade him in from Rajasthan Royals, sending Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran the other way. Samson smacked an unbeaten knock of 101* runs off 54 balls, packed with 10 fours and six maximums, and he was also striking at 187.04.

He was there till the end, anchoring the innings and also got his hundred in the final ball, slamming a six as CSK reached 207/6 in 20 overs.

Samson had a shaky start to his campaign, failing to build on his T20 World Cup 2026 form. But lately, he has been gaining momentum, and Za...