Sanju Samsonによる弱点「Buncer」は、T20Iの「ショート」でのあなたのキャリアを作る？

How time changes. Not too long ago, we were going on about Sanju Samson supreme talent, his hitting ability and how finally he’s using the talent given to him by the almighty. Well, we are writing obituary of his T20I career now. five matches, that’s all it took. It’s not just the five matches, but rather the dismissals in these matches.

The India vs England T20I series is over for Sanju Samson. 51 runs, that’s all he made. Opening the batting, he faced just 43 balls across these five games. Off these 43, 29 were short-pitched deliveries, i.e., bouncers. Samson barely survived. Every sixth delivery he faced, he was dismissed by them.

Sanju Samson vs short ball in India vs England T20Is

By the fourth T20I, he was averaging less than five against them and struck at less than run-a-ball. The India vs England 5th T20I changed that a bit. Samson changed his stance against Jofra Archer and struck three boundaries (two sixes and one four) in the very first over.

It seemed that Samson had finally planned well and overcome his bouncer issue. That didn’t turn out to be the case. In the second over, Mark Wood bowled a chest high short ball and Samson once again holed out to the deep square fielder. As luck would have it, Archer was the one who caught the ball. The bowler who had dismissed him in the first three matches.

One fears that this could be the end of Samson’s career. When found out for their weakness against the short ball, not many survive international cricket. The wicketkeeper batter is already 30 and could very well be dropped for Team India’s next T20I series if either of Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal are available for selection.