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"If You Score 21 Ducks...": Sanju Samson Reveals Gambhir's Plan For His Future In T20Is

Soumyajit Dutta

Sanju Samson, Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav [Source: @mufaddal_vohra/X.com]Sanju Samson, Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav [Source: @mufaddal_vohra/X.com]

Sanju Samson has been in the news lately after South Zone dropped him from the Duleep Trophy squad because of his limited availability. Speaking to Ravichandran Ashwin, the RR skipper shared a similar experience of being on and off the team that mentally drained him.

However, Sanju Samson minced no words while praising coach Gautam Gambhir for his positive feedback on him during his consecutive failures in the Sri Lanka series in 2024.

Samson Reveals Gambhir's Contribution In T20 Career

While speaking to Ravi Ashwin on his YouTube channel, Sanju Samson was straightforward while elaborating on being benched in the team.

"Being on and off the team was happening for a long time then Honestly, it wasn't easy, anna. It was not easy to have those kind of feelings... I had already played some 8-9 years of international cricket, and I'd just played 15 games," Samson said to Ashwin.

Samson then elaborated on the arrival of Gautam gambhir, who has been quite vocal about his support for the Kerala-born cricketer. Samson shared how Gautam Gambhir backed him even after repeated failures in Sri Lanka, going out for two ducks in two consecutive matches.

"Suddenly, the change happened after the World Cup Gautam bhai came in, and then Surya came in as the Captain. Surya told me, 'Chetta, there is a huge opportunity coming up for you. We have seven games lined up.' 'And I am going to give you all seven games as an opener.' And then I played two games in Sri Lanka after that I was out for ducks in both the matches," Samson added.


"I was a bit down in the dressing room, and Gauti bhai saw it. He came upto me, and asked what had happened. I told him that I didn't capitalise on the chance that I got And he was like... 'So? I'll remove you from the team only if you have scored 21 ducks.' It told me that they really trusted me, and they wanted me to do well And that really helped me to do what I did after that.." Samson concluded.

Gautam Gambhir's words worked like magic for Samson as the batter scored a century in the Bangladesh series while maintaining an average of 50.00. Next, in the South Africa series, Samson smashed two centuries in 4 matches, justifying Gautam Gambhir's trust in him.