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‘Samson Should Be Allowed Long Patch Of Failures….’ Manjrekar Makes Strange Remarks



Sanju Samson has been in poor form [Source: AP]Sanju Samson has been in poor form [Source: AP]

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Sanju Samson has received unequivocal support of former Indian cricketer and prominent commentator Sanjay Manjrekar amidst his recent failures with the bat. After starring in India’s home T20I series win against Bangladesh and another one against South Africa in the rainbow nation, Samson has managed to accrue scores of just 26, 5, 3 and 1 in the ongoing T20Is against England.

With just 35 runs in four matches against England, the blistering Indian wicketkeeper-batter has been averaging a dismal 8.75.

Manjrekar believes Samson should be given longer rope

While speaking on ESPNCricinfo, Indian cricket commentator Sanjay Manjrekar praised Sanju Samson’s match-winning abilities and his tendency of scoring big impactful hundreds in a T20 innings. Manjrekar believes that a player of such calibre should be given a longer rope in the team even when they are struggling to score runs.

Citing Sanju Samson’s example, the former Indian player stated that the 30-year-old should get as many innings as possible because his imminent return to form will make the struggling wait “worth it”. He said:

“With Sanju Samson, when he plays well, he gets an incredible hundred and puts your team in a winning position. So, such people are allowed failures and may be a long patch of failures as well because that's the nature of these as a T20 cricketer, where you can't play yourself, where you have to keep taking those risks that they take, and hopefully there's one innings that just propels him back into form.”

“So, with Sanju Samson, I think you should just make sure that he gets as many innings as possible purely because when he gets into form and plays well, he makes it all worth it. If that was another guy who was failing in this fashion and when he got into form just got you 40 or 50, then maybe you would offer him a shorter rope. But I will have a lot of patience with this current version of Sanju Samson.”

Sanju Samson has been in the scheme of India’s T20I first-choice XI ever since the conclusion of the 2024 T20 World Cup in the West Indies and in the USA last year. The dynamic top-order batter even plundered three centuries in quick succession in late 2024, one against Bangladesh and two against South Africa at the latter’s home ground.