Sanju Samson guilty of Rajasthan's defeat: sent Ashwin to bat at number-3, himself could only score 11 runs off 11 balls

Posted on 15th Apr 2022 by rohit kumar

Rajasthan Royals had to face defeat by 37 runs against Gujarat Titans in the 24th match of the IPL. There was a target of 193 runs in front of Rajasthan, but the team could score only 155 runs. If anyone is chosen responsible for this defeat of Rajasthan, then it will be the captain Sanju Samson himself. As captain, Samson made many mistakes in this match. He also proved to be a flop as a batsman.

 

The decision to send Ashwin to No. 3 proved to be wrong.

 

Rajasthan needed around 10 runs per over to win the match. Jos Buttler also got the team off to a blazing start by playing an innings of 54 runs in 24 balls. However, at the other end, Devdutt Padikkal was dismissed on the very first ball without opening the account. Here Samson sent Ravichandran Ashwin to bat at No. Ashwin was dismissed for 8 runs off 8 balls and Samson's decision proved to be wrong.

 

He batted slow and got run out.

 

After the dismissal of Jos Buttler, Rajasthan was expecting aggressive innings from Sanju Samson, but he flopped and was run out after scoring 11 runs off 11 balls. When the team needed 9-10 runs in every over, then Samson's slow batting put pressure on the team.

 

It was also wrong to give the fourth over to Kuldeep Sen.

 

Young Madhya Pradesh bowler Kuldeep Sen had done well against the Lucknow Super Giants, but he was not looking to be in the mood in this match. Kuldeep gave away 30 runs in his first three overs. Despite this, Sanju gave him the fourth over. The 19th over of Gujarat's innings was Kuldeep's fourth over. In this, he gave away 21 runs. Because of this, the Gujarat team was able to make huge scores.

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