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Sanju Samson in motion throughout third T20I between India and England.© BCCI
Sanju Samson is having a poor kind in T20I cricket. The suitable-handed batter has scored solely 34 runs throughout three innings at a mean of 11.33 and a strike charge of 103.03 in India’s ongoing five-match collection towards England. Samson began with a constructive knock of 26 however scored solely 5 and three in his subsequent two innings, respectively. Greater than the runs, the matter of concern is that he was dismissed in virtually related deliveries to the identical bowler — quick balls from Jofra Archer. Samson tried to drag the England pacer on all three events and a failed try noticed him shedding his wicket.
Such equivalent dismissals have given rise to the talks of quick ball troubling Samson. Whereas speaking concerning the India star’s batting, former England captain Kevin Pietersen rubbished the criticism. He made the assertion to host broadcaster as quoted by India At present. Pietersen praised Samson and added that such issues do occur sometimes.
“I think mentally he’s sound. I really like Sanju Samson as a batter. I actually love him. I was pretty surprised that he hasn’t had more of a consistent role over the last few years. Yes, he’s got a game here at the top of the order, but listen, these things happen. Things happen so quickly in the shortest form of the game,” Pietersen mentioned.
“If he keeps doing it over the next six weeks or he does it over the next couple of months, then I’d probably have a look at it and start to question his technique. But I think that he’s a fabulous player. I think he plays the short ball extremely well, and I just think he’s a rock solid player. So from that standpoint, there’s no way that I’m going to stand here and critique his play of the short ball,” Pietersen mentioned.
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