‘KL Rahul Is Far Better Than Sanju Samson’: Virender Sehwag’s Makes Explosive Remark

Sanju Samson has led Rajasthan Royals brilliantly in IPL 2023. RR sit atop the IPL 2023 factors desk because of their near-perfect recreation on this season. Samson might not discover his place within the high 15 batters within the season to this point however he has positively been a match-winner with some key contributions as keeper and captain. However, former Indian cricketer charges KL Rahul higher than Samson, a minimum of as a batter. 

Sehwag feels Rahul has scored runs in all codecs of the sport at worldwide degree in addition to in IPL. “If you talk about establishing yourself in the Indian team, I believe KL Rahul is far better than Sanju Samson. He has played Test matches and scored hundreds in many countries. He has performed well in ODIs, both as an opener and in the middle order, and has also scored runs in T20 cricket,” Sehwag advised Cricbuzz.

Samson’s India profession at a look

Samson made his worldwide debut on the age of 20 in a T20I vs Zimbabwe. His ODI debut got here vs Sri Lanka in 2021. The fact is that Samson has did not reside as much as his requirements set in home and IPL cricket on the worldwide degree. He has performed 11 ODIs and 17 T20Is for India, scoring 330 and 301 runs to this point. His strike fee in T20Is is 133.78 which in fact wants enchancment, wanting on the world requirements. In IPL, he has performed in 144 video games, smashing 3683 runs with a median of 29.23 and strike fee of 136.76. 

Since changing into RR captain, Samson has beneath performed himself as batter too. He comes at No 4 to bat, giving the opening spot to Yashasvi Jaiswal. But past the numbers, there may be additionally another fact which is Samson has not obtained as a lot backing from the Indian administration because the likes of KL Rahul have gotten. 

Rahul’s worldwide numbers

Rahul, who made his worldwide debut in 2014 in a Test, has all the time obtained the backing of Virat Kohlis and Rohit Sharmas. He has performed constantly in all types of cricket for India, regardless of his failures with the bat. Rahul has performed in 47 Tests, 54 ODIs and 72 T20Is, scoring 2642, 1986 and 2265 runs respectively throughout codecs.