Veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has praised Sanju Samson for scoring a pleasing century in the first T20I between India and South Africa in Durban. He added that while fans usually demand fair treatment for Samson, he treated the Proteas bowlers unfairly as well as Samson smashed 107 runs off 50 deliveries as India posted 202/8 as well.
In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “He batted very well. Everyone asks for justice for Sanju and he is doing injustice to the bowlers, that only he would play when he plays. He destroys but there is no sound. He doesn’t do the blacksmith’s job. He hits eight to 10 sixes but with such timing, that you keep praising while watching him. He makes batting extremely easy. He makes batting worth watching. That’s what makes Sanju so special. So well done Sanju Samson. Absolutely stellar because of the way he played and he made this match in his name.”
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In the same video, Aakash Chopra again shared that Sanju Samson’s achievement of scoring two successive T20I centuries was a tough task.
“He became the first Indian to score two consecutive T20I centuries. He scored one in Hyderabad, that was against Bangladesh. From there you reached South Africa – Kingsmead, Durban, and now that is difficult for a variety of reasons. The conditions were very different. Hyderabad was a flat pitch and we know those conditions. Kingsmead has bounce and pace, you have the South African attack in front of you, and the conditions were also slightly overcast. There was also a gap between the two matches,” Chopra stated.
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“If you are playing in a series, once you get form, you can maintain it and take it forward. However, not when the two series are different and there is a gap of one-and-a-quarter months in between. Then you feel you have to start from zero and find the rhythm once again. There should be applause if you are able to do that,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
