Sanju Samson: I just needed couple of big hits
Updated On: 08 October, 2022 08:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Santosh Suri
Wicketkeeper-batsman disappointed not to take team over the line in first ODI
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Sanju Samson with South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi after the first ODI at Lucknow on Thursday. Pic/AFP
Sanju Samson played the innings of his fledgling international career, yet he drew flak from a few experts, but largely from so-called critics in the social media for not planning the chase well in the final three overs. “A couple of big hits and I could have delivered India a win,” a disappointed Samson said after India lost the first ODI against South Africa on Thursday night by a mere nine runs.
Samson drew flak for allowing Avesh Khan to face as many as five deliveries in the penultimate over from Kagiso Rabada in which the tailender could collect just two runs before losing his wicket on the fifth ball. On the third ball, he even allowed Avesh to take a couple of runs when he could have restricted it to just a single and got on strike. In the three delivers he could have attacked Rabada and collected at least a couple of boundaries to bring down the runs required in the final over to around 24. But that did not happen and in the end, getting 30 from the final over proved beyond him, despite Tabraiz Shamsi floundering in line and length in a tense situation.
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