Sanjay Bangar says Sanju Samson playing 3-4 matches in row will free him ‘little bit’, compares him to Yuvraj Singh | Cricket News

Sanju Samson has been in and out of the Indian T20I set up however, since the series against Sri Lanka post World Cup victory in 2024 the 30-year-old has hit new heights. He slammed three tons this year at a strike rate of 180.17 and average of 43.60 scoring 436 runs.
“Glad to see the kind of success that he has been blessed with currently. He has been there for a long time. It’s just that he has got the right opportunities and a good run of opportunities because every batter, if he is playing three or four matches in a row, that frees him a little bit,” Sanjay Bangar said on Star Sports.
After scoring his first T20I hundered against Bangladesh Samson would credit the team management for showing faith and backing him despite having a poor first series at the top of the order in Sri Lanka. “The captain and the coach have been backing me like anything. In the next series but they backed me and kept saying we will keep backing you no matter what. I think we are committed as a batting group to go out and dominate every opposition.”
“Batting up the order, he doesn’t really have to worry about the situation. The field is up and he is a six-hitter. He can hit sixes with ease. After Yuvraj Singh, if there is one batter who can do it with such ease on a consent basis, it has to be Sanju Samson. So just to see him firing on all cylinders is a treat to watch,” Bangar would add.
Samson said he was told that he would be opening in the series three weeks in advance which helped in his preparation. “Three weeks before the series I was very fortunate to get a message from the leadership group that I will be opening. So that gave me time for proper preparation. I went back to RR academy and was playing lots and lots against new balls. It helps a tiny bit that I was 10% more prepared in the series when compared to other series.”

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