‘Buttler didn’t fire, Samson didn’t score’: Former Indian star in tears in RR | Cricket
“I played only two balls but I was tired as if I had scored a century. Too many thoughts running around,” sanju samson Reflecting on Rajasthan Royals (RR)’s stupendous win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), he said. Samson was cleaned up for a duck in RR’s away game against MS Dhoni & Co. at Chepauk.
The wicketkeeper-batsman and leader of the Rajasthan-based franchise managed to score 17 runs in just 17 balls when RR hosted CSK in their backyard earlier this season. Extending his ineffective run in RR’s previous fixture, the Rajasthan skipper only managed a 10-ball 14 against Mumbai Indians (MI) as the record-time winners thrashed the Men in Pink by six wickets on Sunday. Recorded a morale-boosting victory.
Sharing his thoughts about the recently concluded IPL 2023 match between RR and MI on YouTube, former Indian opener Aakash Chopra slammed Samson after the Rajasthan captain failed to inspire the 2008 champions at the Wankhede Stadium. criticized. Chopra said, “Rajasthan is facing another trouble. Jos Buttler is not firing like he usually does this year. did not make.”
In nine matches of the cash-rich league, Samson scored 212 runs for the 2008 champions at an average of 23.56. RR opener Jos Buttler also played a forgettable knock of 18 off 19 balls against Mumbai Indians. In a match where Buttler and Samson failed to fire for RR, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal broke several records with his maiden century in IPL. However, Jaiswal’s knock went in vain as RR lost the match by 6 wickets. “So as good a team as they are because they have (Shimron) Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal as well, the team is good but the two main players are not scoring runs, that’s a problem,” Chopra said.
Chopra, who did business with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) during his playing days, was also miffed with Samson for batting first at the Wankhede. “It was surprising that Rajasthan won the toss and decided to bat. You don’t do that in Mumbai. You want to chase in Mumbai because the dew comes later and it is a chasing-friendly ground, although Punjab batted first. Won the last game, but they didn’t win the toss.”
