NEW DELHI: In keeping with his Indian Premier League (IPL) coach, Kumar Sangakkara, Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has pressed his case to be named India’s first-choice wicketkeeper-batsman on the Twenty20 World Cup in June.
Samson was included in India’s 15-man squad for the June 1-29 match in america and the West Indies, however Rishabh Pant‘s choice offers the 2007 winners extra options as they try and win a second championship.
India’s captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid would have been watching carefully when Samson struck 86 off 46 balls in Rajasthan’s 20-run defeat to Pant’s Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
Pant scored 15 off 13 balls.
“It is actually as much as Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma and the way they see the mix. However he (Samson) has made his case, so hopefully he’ll have an excellent run within the World Cup,” Sangakkara advised reporters.
This season, Samson has been in glorious type, rating third solely to Virat Kohli (542) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (541) with 471 runs in 11 video games. With 413 runs from 12 video games, Pant can also be ranked among the many prime 10 batsmen.
“With Sanju, the most important factor about this season for him is having a whole lot of readability about the best way he ought to bat,” former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Sangakkara added.
“There are specific phases of the sport that he appears to lose a little bit of focus, which we have addressed from previous seasons.
“He is modified his mindset concerning the significance of relaxation and restoration, quite than simply coaching on a regular basis and being drained mentally and bodily. The remainder is his distinctive capacity.”
Samson, who has lately been on the fringes of the Indian workforce, has the potential to excel, in line with Sangakkara, having made the World Cup squad for the primary time.
“He is a particular participant and when he is contemporary and targeted there’s nothing he cannot do,” he added. “He is a humble, grounded man… not a lot on social media. He tends to love a whole lot of privateness, cares for the remainder of the group.”
“These are nice qualities to have other than expertise and talent. I believe he’ll be distinctive in that group going to the World Cup.”
(With Reuters inputs)
Samson was included in India’s 15-man squad for the June 1-29 match in america and the West Indies, however Rishabh Pant‘s choice offers the 2007 winners extra options as they try and win a second championship.
India’s captain Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid would have been watching carefully when Samson struck 86 off 46 balls in Rajasthan’s 20-run defeat to Pant’s Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
Pant scored 15 off 13 balls.
“It is actually as much as Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma and the way they see the mix. However he (Samson) has made his case, so hopefully he’ll have an excellent run within the World Cup,” Sangakkara advised reporters.
This season, Samson has been in glorious type, rating third solely to Virat Kohli (542) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (541) with 471 runs in 11 video games. With 413 runs from 12 video games, Pant can also be ranked among the many prime 10 batsmen.
“With Sanju, the most important factor about this season for him is having a whole lot of readability about the best way he ought to bat,” former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Sangakkara added.
“There are specific phases of the sport that he appears to lose a little bit of focus, which we have addressed from previous seasons.
“He is modified his mindset concerning the significance of relaxation and restoration, quite than simply coaching on a regular basis and being drained mentally and bodily. The remainder is his distinctive capacity.”
Samson, who has lately been on the fringes of the Indian workforce, has the potential to excel, in line with Sangakkara, having made the World Cup squad for the primary time.
“He is a particular participant and when he is contemporary and targeted there’s nothing he cannot do,” he added. “He is a humble, grounded man… not a lot on social media. He tends to love a whole lot of privateness, cares for the remainder of the group.”
“These are nice qualities to have other than expertise and talent. I believe he’ll be distinctive in that group going to the World Cup.”
(With Reuters inputs)
