One of the preferred gamers within the Indian cricket spectrum, Sanju Samson discovered himself with one other alternative to stake a declare for a daily spot within the T20I group. However, Samson let the chance slip by as he was dismissed for simply 5 runs off 6 balls by Dhananjaya de Silva. Seeing Samson depart for reasonable as soon as once more, Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar fumed on-air, expressing his disappointment seeing the wicket-keeper batter throw his wicket away, and never for the primary time.
Samson is undoubtedly one of many huge potential gamers within the Indian cricket group, particularly in T20 cricket. But, the competitors for spots within the group has seen his taking part in time bein restricted. On events the place Samson has earned the nods, he hasn’t persistently delivered. Against Sri Lanka, it was one other of such event.
“And this time, it’s the leading edge going to short third man. He is such a fine player. Sanju Samson has so much of talent but his shot selection sometimes lets him down. And this is one more occasion where it has disappointed,” mentioned former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar whereas commentating throughout the first T20I on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Later within the match, even former India opener Gautam Gambhir advised that Samson has to start out grabbing the probabilities he’s getting with each fingers.
“We all talk about how much talent he has but he needs to capitalise on these chances,” he mentioned throughout the Byju’s Cricket Live Show.
As for the match, India secured a 2-run win over Sri Lanka within the first T20I, because of a terrific efficiency from the bowling unit, particularly Shivam Mavi who produced figures of 4 for 22 in his debut T20I.
With the bat, it was an unbeaten partnership of 68 runs between Deepak Hooda and Axar Patel that received India to a good rating of 162 runs.
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