Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson stays probably the most widespread Indian gamers of his technology. Though Samson hasn’t been capable of cement his spot within the Indian group in any of the three codecs, he stays a participant who has struggled to hit his full potential. Seeing the wicket-keeper batter battle for consistentency within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, even Sunil Gavaskar bought in contact with Samson, lending him vital recommendation. As per S Sreesanth, nevertheless, Samson refused to do what Gavaskar had informed him.

“Gavaskar sir told him, ‘give yourself at least 10 balls. Read the wicket. We know you have a lot of talent, even if you have 0 runs in 12 balls, you can score 50 in 25’. When RR lost in one of their last matches in the league phase, Sanju said, ‘no, my style is to play like this only. I couldn’t digest that’,” Sreesanth informed Star Sports, as per Indian Express.

Sreesanth additional revealed that Samson is hopeful of creating a comeback into the Indian group within the subsequent 6-8 months

“I support Sanju. In the past 4-5 years, when I see him as a cricketer, I’ve always told him to perform in first-class cricket, not just IPL. Produce consistent performances. Ishan Kishan, and Rishabh Pant – both were and still are ahead of him. Pant is not there, but he will make a comeback. I met him recently, he firmly believes he can come back within 6 to 8 months.

“But on this IPL, the best way Sanju bought out in 2-3 matches straight…,” Sreesanth said as he expressed his disappointment at Samson’s form.

In the IPL 2023 season, Samson scored 362 runs in 14 matches at an average of 30.17 and a strike-rate of 153.38.