"I've learned to cope with pressure and failures": Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson stated that he has learned to live with the unavoidable pressure and failures at the international level He thanked the leadership group for guiding him in his dark patches of selfdoubt and giving me another chance to prove himselfIn the third T20I match against Bangladesh Sanju Samson smashed his maiden ton in the shortest format of the matchTwo successive ducks against Sri Lanka in July and two more tepid outings against Bangladesh over the past week here had left him creakingAfter a couple of ducks in Sri Lanka I was a bit doubtful about getting a chance in the next series But they coaching staff and captain backed me and kept on saying that we will back you no matter what said Sanju Samson in the postmatch press meetSanju Samson has accepted the fact that he cannot run away from the pressure of being an Indian cricket I think mentally you go through a lot as an Indian cricketer especially in this format T20 But I have learned to cope with the pressure and the failures I think a lot of credit has to go to the dressing room the leadership group and the captain and the coach have been backing me he addedAlso ReadIN PHOTOS India and England cricketers inspire young athletes at ICCs Cricket4Good clinicSanju Samson said that head coach Gautam Gambhir conveyed him in advance that he would be playing the openers role in the Bangladesh seriesI think three weeks before this series I was very fortunate to get a message from the leadership group Gautam Bhai Suryakumar Yadav and Abhishek Nair assistant coach that I will be opening I think that gave me proper preparation I went back to Rajasthan Royals Academy and I was playing lots against new ball bowlers and I think that preparation helped me a tiny bit I think I was just coming in 1037 more ready in this series than any other series he detailedSamson said the role clarity has also helped him to develop more awareness about his own gameBasically I have understood my game that I can bat anywhere from 1 to 6 I think I have power and I also have timing in my game So it is all about working according to which role I am playing inThis selfdiscovery has helped Sanju Samson to become more confident as a person and as a cricketer When you have those failures I think it is very easy to go back and say I will make my run in the next game But I know what type of person I am It is all about my friends my teamSo I like to go out and fail or succeed in my own way I just want to be myself It is all about knowing your game knowing your personal character So it is all about being true to yourselfThe Kerala man said he was trying to stay in the middle for as long as possible during the third T20I against Bangladesh hereI have been batting well from the last two games I was timing the ball much better even though I didnt get enough scores I think if I came out of power play I wanted to make sure that I reach a good score I think scoring four consecutive boundaries off Taskin Ahmed in the second over definitely gave me lots of confidence he explainedSamson said the presence of skipper Suryakumar at the other end was helpful for him I was having a good partnership with Surya and there was great communication happening between both of us He was also taking a lot of pressure from me and we both were scoring I think there was a great combination happening in the middleThe Rajasthan Royals skipper said the Indian T20I side is looking to dominate every gameWe have committed as a batting group to go out and dominate each and every game we play in this format So as a team we are doing it and I am very grateful that I did something good for the team But we were not thinking about 300 total he addedThe highlight of Sanju Samsons innings was the five successive sixes he hammered off legspinner Rishad Hossain Samson said hitting six sixes in an over has been on his mind for a while nowI know what I can do to a spinner So I just wanted to hit maximum runs in that over I have been thinking that I can hit six 6s in an over I am not joking I have been working accordingly with my coachesI have been practicing and visualising for that I am very grateful that it finally happened he signed offWith PTI Inputs