After finishing second from the bottom in the points table last season, Rajasthan Royals (RR) have breathed new life into this season. Captain Sanju Samson has done exceptionally well in the two matches so far this season. After scoring 55 runs in the first game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Samson scored another 30 against Mumbai Indians in the second match. Ahead of his game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar said that Samson has been unlucky and he should have played more matches for India.
“Sanju Samson should have played more matches for India. I think he is one of the finest players. Unfortunately, he hasn’t made it to the Indian team. But he is a great talent.” Shoaib Akhtar said during a conversation with Sportskeeda.
Samson, however, could not fire against RCB, scoring just eight runs off as many balls before being dismissed by Vanindu Hasaranga.
RCB with Shahbaz Ahmed (45 off 26) and Dinesh Karthik (44* off 23) beat RR by four wickets to chase down the target of 170 runs.
Samson has played one ODI and 13 T20 matches for Team India so far. He was part of the squad for the recently concluded T20I series against Sri Lanka. In the two matches he batted in, he recorded scores of 39 and 18.
RR have won two matches this season and are currently sitting at the top of the IPL 2022 points table.
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RR Squad:
Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prashant Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Arunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Karun Nair , Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell
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