Sanju Samson, the talented Indian batter, has been one of the most backed cricketers on social media. The fans have absolutely rallied around him and he has been one of the most talented batters in India.
However, Samson has not got consistent chances to play in the national team despite making his debut in the T20I. However, he had also failed to score consistently in the limited opportunities that he got.
The wicketkeeper-batter was finally given three consecutive run of games during the recent T20I series against Bangladesh and he smashed his maiden T20I century in the final game of the series in Hyderabad.
Samson, recently, talked about how he wanted to show the head coach Gautam Gambhir that he was ready to repay the trust and faith put on him. He stated that after getting out for cheap in the first T20Is against Bangladesh, he was a bit hesitant to make eye contact with Gambhir.
Sanju Samson wanted to show his talent to Gautam Gambhir
However, he was very happy to see Gambhir clapping after he smashed a century in Hyderabad. Gambhir has always been a man who has backed his players and have provided support to them to play freely. He did the same with Samson and he went on to hit a century in the final T20I of the series.
“I was determined & desperately wanted to show Gauti bhai that if you are backing me and giving me the chances, I won’t disappoint you. In the Bangladesh T20I series, I didn’t score big in the first couple of matches and I was a bit hesitant to make eye contact with him but I told myself that my time will come, so when I got that hundred in Hyderabad and the coach was clapping, I was delighted,” Samson told reporters.
Gambhir had, earlier, backed Samson as one of the most talented wicketkeeper-batters in Indian domestic cricket and wanted him to get regular chances in the Indian side.
Samson scored 111 runs in the final T20I of the series off 47 balls with 11 fours and eight sixes to lead India to a 3-0 series win.
