SSS - Superstar Sanju Samson

[Gollum]

He was also dropped in ODIs after a spectacular series winning 100 in RSA. 

[Forever Indian]

26 minutes ago, Gollum said:

He was also dropped in ODIs after a spectacular series winning 100 in RSA. 

 

He is averaging 57 in ODIs with 100 SR and still gets dropped, Lol.

 

[neel roy]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

He was also dropped in ODIs after a spectacular series winning 100 in RSA. 

His best innings of all is a match india lost. Lucknow Odi. 2022. 40 overs match. India tottering at 51/4 and Sanju single handedly dragged India to the brink. 30 needed of last 6 balls he scored 20. When I was watching yesterdays match I was having flashbacks of this match. Calm composed and was hitting anywhere he wanted to.. no slogs

 

Result
South Africa vs India, 1st ODI
South Africa tour of India

SA 249/4
IND 240/8
South Africa won by 9 runs

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-india-2022-23-1327499/india-vs-south-africa-1st-odi-1327509/full-scorecard

 

 

Edited March 2 by neel roy

[G_B_]

17 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Same here. And at that point , we were right. Looks like the dropping for a few matches cleared his mind.

 

Even axar gave a solid perfomance post being dropped.

[putrevus]

Gambhir is doing lap of honors for selecting Samson, somebody should be asking if he was so confident in him why was he not playing in first four or five matches.

[vvvslaxman]

 

[Gollum]

Sanju could have easily tried for his 100. But he gave priority to team's requirements, faltu ka risk leke out ho jata toh there would have been nervy moments. He chose to stay till the end and ensure the job got done, glimpses of Kohli there. 97 is a special score for Indian cricket, also the best knock in 2011 final. 

[Gollum]

4 hours ago, neel roy said:

His best innings of all is a match india lost. Lucknow Odi. 2022. 40 overs match. India tottering at 51/4 and Sanju single handedly dragged India to the brink. 30 needed of last 6 balls he scored 20. When I was watching yesterdays match I was having flashbacks of this match. Calm composed and was hitting anywhere he wanted to.. no slogs

 

Result
South Africa vs India, 1st ODI
South Africa tour of India

SA 249/4
IND 240/8
South Africa won by 9 runs

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-india-2022-23-1327499/india-vs-south-africa-1st-odi-1327509/full-scorecard

 

 

Lol, I don't remember this match. Shows how forgettable bilaterals can be. 

[Gollum]

Such a humble and likable chap

 

 

[vvvslaxman]

21 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Sanju could have easily tried for his 100. But he gave priority to team's requirements, faltu ka risk leke out ho jata toh there would have been nervy moments. He chose to stay till the end and ensure the job got done, glimpses of Kohli there. 97 is a special score for Indian cricket, also the best knock in 2011 final. 

Thsi has to be one of the nervless innings after Kohli's 82 in a chase.  This is essentially curtain for India from the home tournament where we are favorites.  

[vvvslaxman]

Cheeka was at the MCG when Virat made 82 against Pakistan. He rates Sanju's knock above that so much so he says he has never seen such an innings in chase. I think it is still sinking. We will realize the magnitude of this achievement in a few years from now. It would have been an ultimate embarrassment to get kicked out in super eight.

[Lord]

6 hours ago, Gollum said:

He was also dropped in ODIs after a spectacular series winning 100 in RSA. 

 

Should be on the plane to RSA in 2027. If KL is our keeper, I'm gonna be mad.

[Lord]

39 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Such a humble and likable chap

 

 

 

Yep. Always want such guys to perform

 

If Pandu played such an innings, he would be making all sorts of gestures and talks

[vvvslaxman]

44 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Sanju could have easily tried for his 100. But he gave priority to team's requirements, faltu ka risk leke out ho jata toh there would have been nervy moments. He chose to stay till the end and ensure the job got done, glimpses of Kohli there. 97 is a special score for Indian cricket, also the best knock in 2011 final. 

 

There are so many things  Sanju did in this match by staying right through. One of the biggest thing that he did was keeping Akeal hosein their ace spinner away from the attack. AKeal Hosein is their star bowler. He hit him out of the attack. After that he was never brought on.  One more wicket Akeal would have put a squeeze.

[Gollum]

26 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

Cheeka was at the MCG when Virat made 82 against Pakistan. He rates Sanju's knock above that so much so he says he has never seen such an innings in chase. I think it is still sinking. We will realize the magnitude of this achievement in a few years from now. It would have been an ultimate embarrassment to get kicked out in super eight.

Cheeka is getting carried away, he has a tendency to do that.

 

Stakes were higher yesterday night because elimination in a home WC before KOs is a massive slap to Indian cricket.

 

But conditions were much tougher in MCG that day, and Pak bowling attack was suited to exploit that pitch. They made Poms huff and puff with a 135 target in the final, same venue. No other player in the history of cricket could have done what Kohli did that night, not even Sachin, Viv, Ponting, ABDV, Brook, Warner etc. 

 

My highest praise to Sanju will be that peak Kohli would have been proud of such an effort, what we witnessed in Eden. Long may he continue. 

[vvvslaxman]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Cheeka is getting carried away, he has a tendency to do that.

 

Stakes were higher yesterday night because elimination in a home WC before KOs is a massive slap to Indian cricket.

 

But conditions were much tougher in MCG that day, and Pak bowling attack was suited to exploit that pitch. They made Poms huff and puff with a 135 target in the final, same venue. No other player in the history of cricket could have done what Kohli did that night, not even Sachin, Viv, Ponting, ABDV, Brook, Warner etc. 

 

My highest praise to Sanju will be that peak Kohli would have been proud of such an effort, what we witnessed in Eden. Long may he continue. 

 

Yea.. Kohli made 67 in the last 27 balls he faced. 

[tapandrun]

When sanju 1st came into scene with IPL, it looked like he was most talented player Ind is going to see in the future.

 

He was hitting pacers and spinner for 6s from the crease, it was unusual for any Ind batter of that time. He had a complete game be it accessing off or leg-side and decent power game- The kind of power game/stroke making that was only seen in Wi/Aus batters. 

 

In terms of talent he was very near to Rohit sharma. 

 

Yes sanju's career was blocked with Dhoni being there. But look at sanju's domestic records its not that good. It v.v.average. He only performed in IPls that too with 1-2 good games in whole IPL season thats it.

 

Some would say he didnt get consistent chances but that is wht Ind cricket is- Some player get longer rope some wont. 

Jaiswal could be next big thing in all 3 formats , but he is only playing tests, this is how Ind cricket is. You get few chances and players have to grab those.

 

Sanju has under achieved with all his talent.

 

And this is now a reoccuring thing/pattern in INd cricket players does not improve to add on to what they already have -- ex:- bishnoi, kuldeep, gill, shaw... etc.

 

 

Edited March 2 by tapandrun

[Adamant]

Lets not forget that he averages 23 at 147 str rate and if you filter that down to top team the stats will look even more shambolic.

 

Yes he did play a great knock but you know it was against the worst bowling lineup out of top 8 teams.

 

I don’t have much confidence on him for the knockouts, hopefully Abhishek returns back to runs.

[vvvslaxman]

13 minutes ago, Adamant said:

Lets not forget that he averages 23 at 147 str rate and if you filter that down to top team the stats will look even more shambolic.

 

Yes he did play a great knock but you know it was against the worst bowling lineup out of top 8 teams.

 

I don’t have much confidence on him for the knockouts, hopefully Abhishek returns back to runs.

Same West Indian team defended 196 at Wankhede against England with 3 spinners. Sanju did not even allow any of their spinners to complete the quota.

[vvvslaxman]

Sanju will be peppered with bouncers. He should be judicious. He shouldn't try to take on right away.