
When he is at his best, he is an outstanding artist, but his lack of consistency is evident in the current T20i series against England.
The current T20i form of Sanju Samson has been worrying for India. Not long ago, score consecutive hundreds against Bangladesh and then another in the series against South Africa led everyone to assume that he had consolidated their initial space despite the competition.
However, inconsistency has always been a characteristic of Sanju’s career. When he is at his best, he is an outstanding artist, but his lack of consistency is evident in the current T20i series against England.
Sanju performances in the last 10 T20I entries
If you verify your last ten t20i scores: 29, 10, 111, 107, 0, 0, 109, 26, 5 and 3, the inconsistency is clear.
He has scored three centuries, which is impressive, but his other scores are quite low. If you exclude its three hundred, it only has 73 races in the remaining seven entries, which is not a good record.
Before the England series, he played five games in the Syed Mushtaq Ali (SMM) trophy and achieved only half a century. Given his talent and opportunities he is obtaining, Sanju needs to obtain more races, otherwise, his place of opening could be at risk.
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Jofra Archer exposes the weakness of Sanju in the England series
Sanju Samson’s layoffs in the three entries of the series against England revealed a weakness against short balls, particularly when fast bowling players pointed to their body. Until now, Jofra Archer has released brief deliveries in Sanju, and every time he has tried to attack, he has been caught.
He has fought with deliveries in general, not just layoffs. He frequently tries to play with the back foot but cannot be connected correctly. His fights against Pacers are not new, he was also fired by rapid bowling players in his four previous SMM games.
This does not decrease the three centuries that it has noted in its last ten entries, but the difference in the quality of the bowling that it has faced in those versus games is now obvious. If this weakness does not improve, it will have difficulties because fast players who can play at speeds greater than 140 km/h will continue to be a great challenge.
Will India light in the Sanju Samson experiment?
For the opening position, Sanju Samson faces strong competition. Currently, it opens the tickets next to Abhishek Sharma, but it will not spend much time before Shubman Gill and Yashavi Jaiswal return, since they are only absent due to commitments in other important tournaments in tests or hate.
It is likely that Shubman Gill, being the vice-chapitan in the Cricket of the white ball, ensure a place, while Yashavi Jaiswal, which is in an outstanding way between the formats, is also expected to return to the team.
Sanju has little time to demonstrate its consistency, which so far is missing. Given your talent, you must record races consistently; Otherwise, its position will be at risk, and can end in the bank, as it was during the World Cup T20 2024.
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