“He Needs To Learn”: Ex-India Star Questions Sanju Samson’s Batting Approach In ODIs | Cricket News

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has questioned Sanju Samson’s batting strategy within the ODI format. Samson, who was dismissed for 9 runs within the second ODI towards West Indies, got here all weapons blazing within the third and last sport. Coming in at quantity 4, he hit two sixes within the first 4 balls he confronted and ultimately scored 51 runs off 41 balls. His knock was laced with two fours and 4 sixes. Samson ultimately perished whereas making an attempt to play a lofted shot over the mid-off fielder.

“He (Sanju Samson) played well, but he plays a very high-risk game. If you look at his innings, he came out and hit those couple of sixes. It connected and went for six, but he could have gotten out if he had mistimed. That’s been the case with Sanju Samson. So, somebody to bat at number 4 and play like that, I have my doubts,” Jaffer advised ESPNcricinfo.

“That’s fine if the team management gives him that licence, but consistency is also an issue. You want to be destructive, but you don’t want to score in two or three innings out of six. That’s my concern. Even in the IPL, we have seen that there are some good innings and some really lean patches. That’s been the case. So he needs to learn,” he added.

Samson has performed 13 ODIs and scored 390 runs at a median of 55.71. His strike price within the format is 104 along with his finest rating being 86 not out.

The right-handed wicketkeeper-batter has additionally performed 17 T20I matches scoring 300 plus runs at a median shut to twenty.