After Sanju Samson's 97-run innings against the West Indies at Eden, discussions began centering around him. He not only scored big runs but also proved himself. And after Sanju's innings, the person who was in even more discussion than him was a businessman from Kerala who had given bonuses to his employees. Now he is in the spotlight again because he has kept his word.

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Promise fulfilled after Samson’s World Cup performance

Kerala garment businessman Nitin Babu gave his employees a bonus of ₹500 each for Sanju's 97-run performance. After this, he promised that if India won the semi-final and Sanju became the player of the match, he would give each employee ₹1000.

Not only that, if the country won the final and Sanju became the player of the match, the bonus would be ₹2000. Now he has kept that promise. What he wanted happened, and Sanju became the best player of the World Cup.

And after Sanju's performance, he kept his promise to his 82 employees. He gave a total of ₹1.64 lakh as bonus to the company's employees. Across three matches, he gave a total of ₹2.5 lakh in bonuses. In the final, Sanju scored 89 runs in 46 balls, and he gave each employee ₹2000.

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Sanju Samson has many supporters. But what makes Nitin Babu's passion different from them? Nitin himself explained this. During his studies, he used to commute by bike. On his route was a cricket training academy. He would stand there and watch how players batted and bowled. Though cricket was his passion, he never gave time to it. Financial weakness was the reason for this.

Now in the World Cup, when he saw Sanju Samson from his state performing brilliantly, he decided to celebrate. And that's how he went viral.