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Kumar Sangakkara backs Sanju Samson to make India comeback
By SMCS - Sep 30, 2021 1:00 pm
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Director of cricket of Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kumar Sangakkara has backed the captain Sanju Samson as he believes he will return to the Indian team soon. Sangakkara said that when his time comes, Samson will get a longer run in the team as well.

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Kumar Sangakkara

However, Samson was featured in the Indian team for the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka in July but failed to use the opportunities. He also played three T20Is in Australia but failed to do well. He has so far featured in 10 T20Is and one ODI as well. And, as per Sangakkara, Samson has been excellent for Rajasthan this season and he can do the same for India as well.

While replying to a Sportskeeda query about this, Kumar Sangakkara revealed: “Yeah, we do have one-on-one chats on a lot of things. India aspirations come at a time when the IPL is over. Our chats are very much IPL-focused. Not just his batting but about captaincy, about the team and how we are playing. He is a very good player and a special talent. He has done exceptionally well for us this season. I am sure he has aspirations to play for India and, at some point, I think he will be selected for a longer run. He is good and ready at anytime that he is picked.”

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However, Sanju Samson scored an unbeaten 70 against the Delhi Capitals (DC) and 82 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) before getting out for 19 against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday. And, RR lost to RCB by seven wickets in their last game as well.

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Rajasthan Royals pulled off an improbable win

While he was asked if they would look to replace Chris Morris for the rest of the games because of his poor show, Kumar Sangakkara said that they would take a call after analyzing everything.

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“We are going to take it as a side that best matches up to the opposition. Morris did brilliantly for us in the first half. He hasn’t done as well as he would have liked to or we would have liked. He knows and we know it. The 50 runs off four overs, the last over was a throw of the dice to get a wicket here to there. We were well out of the game at that point. But he has done well for us in certain parts. Whoever we think of picking next, it would be the best person to come into the side to play against the opposition that we face,” Kumar Sangakkara explained.