IPL 2022: Unperturbed by India T20I squad snub Sanju Samson plays a selfless knock for Rajasthan Royals

The
explosive
right-handed
batter
led
Rajasthan
Royals
from
the
front
and
played
a
sublime
knock
for
his
team
in
the
highly-anticipated
contest
of
the
tournament.
Samson
–
who
wasn’t
picked
up
in
the
Indian
squad
for
the
T20I
home
series
against
South
Africa
–
looked
unperturbed
despite
being
ignored
by
the
selectors
for
the
upcoming
series.

Samson
has
been
one
of
the
best
strikers
of
the
ball
in
the
ongoing
IPL
2022
and
led
Rajasthan
Royals
by
example.
The
Kerala
cricketer
also
completed
400
runs
in
the
tournament
and
scored
at
an
impressive
strike
rate
of
150+.

He
walked
into
the
middle
at
a
crucial
stage
in
the
game
when
RR
opener
Yashasvi
Jaiswal
departed
cheaply
in
the
powerplay.
Samson
then
played
a
superb
counter-attacking
knock
in
the
powerplay
and
guided
his
team
to
a
fine
start
in
the
powerplay.
The
first
ball
he
faced,
he
dispatched
into
the
stands
for
a
maximum
and
cleared
his
intentions
about
how
he
was
going
to
bat
in
the
big
game.

In
his
knock
of
47
off
26,
Samson
smashed
5
four
and
3
sixes
and
scored
at
a
strike
rate
of
180+.
It
was
Samson’s
quickfire
knock
that
gave
the
Royals
the
start
and
helped
the
team
post
a
handsome
188/6
in
the
stipulated
20
overs.
He
is
often
criticised
for
his
consistency
but
a
knock
like
this
in
a
T20
game
is
always
appreciated
and
Samson
kept
personal
milestones
and
achievements
aside
and
played
for
the
team
from
the
word
go.
He
was
timing
the
ball
brilliantly
and
didn’t
even
slow
down
when
he
neared
his
fifty.

Later,
Jos
Buttler
took
his
time
and
returned
with
impressive
figures
of
87
off
59
balls.
The
right-handed
batter
slammed
his
fourth
fifty
of
the
season
and
even
completed
700-plus
runs
in
the
IPL
2022.