“Play Rinku Singh Instead…”: India Star On Sanju Samson And Why Middle-order Is “Not The Right Place” For Him | Cricket News

Sanju Samson did not impress within the T20I sequence towards West Indies. The batter returned scores of 12, 7, and 13 towards the Caribbean facet. In two matches, he batted on the quantity 5 place whereas in a single recreation he got here in at quantity 6 spot. Star Indian participant Abhishek Nayar believes that the workforce mismanaged the wicketkeeper-batter by sending him within the lower-middle order. It is price noting that Samson normally bats at quantity 3 or 4 place in Indian Premier League and home cricket.

“I believe if you want to utilize Sanju Samson more, bat him at No. 3 because that is his number. He is used to that and he is successful there, or else don’t play him,” stated Nayar on JioCinema.

Nayar added that if India should ship Samson on the decrease middle-order, they will play Rinku Singh as an alternative.

“If you are going to play him at No. 5 or No. 6, play Rinku Singh instead. If you play Samson in the top three, you will get more out of him because he plays shots in the powerplay and then plays the spinners. So I believe not the right place but he will get opportunities,” stated the previous India batter.

India on Sunday misplaced the fifth and deciding T20I towards West Indies by 8 wickets in Lauderhill, Florida. Coming into the sport, the momentum was with the Hardik Pandya-led as that they had received the third and fourth T20I to make a comeback within the sequence after trailing 0-2.

The last recreation, nevertheless, was dominated by Windies as they barely gave India any likelihood. The sequence defeat was a shock for the younger Indian facet as they had been sturdy favourites at first.