Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and former selector Sharandeep Singh have reacted against Malayali cricketer Sanju Samson. Later, actor Kishore Sathya supported Sanju. In a note shared by Kishore on social media, it says that Sanju did not get the justice that Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul got, who were constantly defeated.
Note by Kishore Satya
We all love Virender Sehwag. As a cricketer and then as someone who analyzes the game very nicely. But today one of his comments about Sanju Samson ie K.L. Rahul is a better player than Sanju Samson and news, like Rahul, has regained his form, was seen as his own. After reading this, the love I had for Sehwag went down. How he could make such a statement based on his performance in the ongoing IPL really surprised me. Let us add another interesting piece of news on a related note. It belongs to Sharandeep Singh, former selector of the Indian national team. He was on the selection committee when Sanju Samson was included in the Indian team for the Twenty20 against Zimbabwe in 2015. He says that despite getting opportunities, Sanju could not shine.
Now he says that only if he scores at least 700-800 runs in this IPL league, Sanju has any chance of making it to the Indian team. Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant who is ‘resting due to injury’ and Dinesh Karthik are big threats for him now! Rishabh Pant, who was constantly out of form, and K.L. Did Sanju ever get the justice that Rahul got?! You can never tell with your eyes closed. Sehwag says that Rahul has so far scored 194 runs from six games but Sanju has only scored 159 runs from six games! And he says that it is a big event that Rahul is back in form. He has compared Rahul who comes out as an opener with the full authority of the power play to Sanju who comes out as one down or two down. Strange indeed! Opener K.L. Rahul’s strike rate is 114. Sanju Samson is 160! Now looking at the runs and strike rate of the openers in other teams is a very interesting sight. Faf du Plessis 6 match runs 343 strike rate 166. David Warner 6 match runs 285 strike rate 120. Virat Kohli’s 6-match runs 279 strike rate of 142. Jos Buttler 6 match runs 244 strike rate 146. Sanju comes out in 5.5 overs in the first match. In the second match, he got out after two wickets in 3.2 overs. 0 runs were scored in the third and fourth matches. 2 down in the 5th in 2.5 overs. Coming down in the 6th match in 12.4 overs!
