2023-12-20 04:26:29
St George’s Park: Former New Zealand player and commentator Simon Doole criticized Indian player Sanju Samson, who became a batting failure in the second ODI against South Africa. Doole’s main criticism is that while Sanju’s techniques are valuable in India when faced with balls that come just outside the off-stump, they are difficult abroad.
Sanju Samson’s batting against South Africa in the second ODI was a batting performance that underpinned the critics’ usual criticism of lack of consistency. Sanju put the bat on the ball that came just outside the offstump of South African pacer Bruren Hendricks and took the wicket as an inside edge. Simon Doole’s words in the commentator’s box at this time were that this is only a natural wicket for Sanju Samson. ‘Sanju got a chance in consecutive matches. This is a typical Sanju Samson outing. Sanju threw away the wicket in a situation where he should never have been out. Sanju played with the bat away from the body. We see it all the time. This is ok when playing in India. But this style of batting is problematic on foreign pitches where the ball turns. Sanju did not play the classical straight bat shot. This seems to be the reason why fans are criticizing Sanju. But we cannot see a better sight than the batting of Sanju who is in good touch,’ said Simon Doole.
In the second ODI of the South Africa tour, Sanju was able to score only 12 runs in 23 balls despite the prospect of staying at the crease for a long time. Sanju took his wicket in the last ball of the 32nd over in the Indian innings. With this, all chances of forming a crucial partnership with KL Rahul disappeared. Sanju Samson has 402 runs in 13 innings at an average of 50.25 in ODI career.
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