The former Indian cricketer S Sreesanth blasted Sanju Samson for ignoring Sunil Gavaskar’s advice through the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL). Samson’s Rajasthan Royals didn’t qualify for playoffs in IPL 2023 as they completed the league levels within the fifth place with simply seven wins in 14 video games. Samson’s particular person efficiency with a bat additionally got here underneath scrutiny because the final season’s runner-up produced under common marketing campaign.
Samson-led Royals began their marketing campaign by recording 4 wins within the opening 5 video games. Samson, Jos Buttler, and Yashasvi Jaiswal recorded the fifties within the first sport in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad to lift followers’ hopes for one other profitable marketing campaign. But Samson and Buttler failed to duplicate the consistency they displayed final season. Buttler recorded 5 geese whereas Samson scored runs at a median of 30.16 as Rajasthan closely relied on Jaiswal’s kind this season.
Samson didn’t ship within the final two essential league video games as he misplaced his wicket cheaply whereas trying a giant shot from the start. Now, the previous Indian pacer Sreesanth has revealed that the legendary Indian batter Sunil Gavaskar suggested Samson to take just a few balls to settle as a substitute of going ballistic from the primary ball. But in response to Sreesanth, Rajasthan’s captain stated no to the previous Indian skipper and that left him in shock. However, Sreesanth additionally revealed that Samson has fallen behind Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan within the pecking order for the Indian nationwide group however is assured of creating a comeback within the close to future.
“I help Sanju as a result of he performed underneath my captaincy in U-14. In the previous 4-5 years, once I see him as a cricketer, I’ve at all times advised him to carry out in first-class cricket, not simply IPL. Produce constant performances. Ishan Kishan, and Rishabh Pant – each had been and nonetheless are forward of him. Pant is just not there, however he’ll make a comeback. I met him lately, he firmly believes he can come again inside 6-to-8 months.
“But in this IPL, the way Sanju got out in 2-3 matches straight, Gavaskar sir told him, ‘give yourself at least 10 balls. Read the wicket. We know you have a lot of talent, even if you have 0 runs in 12 balls, you can score 50 in 25’. When RR lost in one of their last matches in the league phase, Sanju said, ‘no, my style is to play like this only’. I couldn’t digest that,” S Sreesanth advised Star Sports on Friday.
