Sanju Samson just hit his peak, it seems. After years of underperforming, the wicketkeeper was finally living up to his potential. In 2024, Samson played 13 matches, averaged 43.60, and hit three hundreds. Two of these centuries came back to back, and the remaining one came just three matches later.
Samson Samson’s weaknesses’
However, according to former Indian cricketer, Aakash Chopra, Samson’s might have already been found out. He has pointed out that the keeper batter has an apparent weakness against express pacers who consistently hit the pace of over 140 kmph. He also has an issue with the short pitch delivery and this has been exploited by England in the ongoing T20I series against India.
“Our stats team came out with a stat on how Sanju Samson has performed when the ball’s speed is more than 140 kph. His performance has been extremely ordinary. He hasn’t scored runs and has lost his wicket as well. His strike rate is very low. He is going deep inside the crease and going a little towards square leg. The bowlers are bowling bouncers and laying a trap by keeping a fielder in the deep. He has been caught in the deep twice in two matches. It is just a talking point right now,” Aakash Chopra said on his YouTube channel.
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Samson’s issues with pace and bounce
Both times Samson has been dismissed in the ongoing India vs. England T20I series, he has fallen to short-pitched deliveries by Jofra Archer that were bowled over 145 kmph. He was caught pulling on the leg side and combined both of the things that Aakash Chopra highlighted as Samson’s weaknesses.
“He has scored three centuries if we see the five matches before this series. The story of centuries and ducks was ongoing, which is okay, but if this is his response to serious pace bowling, if you remove that 22-run over of Gus Atkinson (in the first T20I) since you want to improve, you will realize he hasn’t scored too many runs, and he is having problems against pace and bouncers,” Chopra added.
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