‘No footwork’: Gavaskar’s brutal takedown of Samson after another missed chance

NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson’s frustrating tally with the bat continued successful the ongoing T20I bid against New Zealand, with different commencement going unconverted — and this time, batting fable Sunil Gavaskar did not clasp back.

The erstwhile India skipper delivered a stinging on-air appraisal aft Samson was bowled for 24 disconnected 15 balls successful the 4th T20I, calling retired glaring method flaws that, successful his view, summed up the wicketkeeper-batter’s struggles.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Chasing a daunting 216 astatine the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, India were nether aboriginal unit aft losing Abhishek Sharma and skipper Suryakumar Yadav cheaply.

Samson initially looked promising, striking 3 crisp boundaries and a six to concisely dependable the innings. However, conscionable arsenic helium appeared to beryllium uncovering his rhythm, New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner struck, sneaking 1 done to rattle Samson’s stumps.

Gavaskar, connected commentary, instantly zeroed successful connected what helium felt was the basal origin of the dismissal — Samson’s footwork, oregon deficiency of it.“My archetypal content is that determination was nary footwork astatine all. Not precise definite whether determination was immoderate turn.

First content was helium was conscionable lasting determination making country and playing done the offside,” Gavaskar said, offering a blunt archetypal diagnosis.

After reviewing the replay, Gavaskar doubled down, expanding connected the method lapse that has repeatedly wounded Samson against spin.“Like I said, hardly immoderate question of the feet. Going extracurricular leg-stump, erstwhile again exposing each 3 stumps and erstwhile you miss, the bowler's gonna hit, and that's what happened to Sanju Samson the 2nd clip around,” helium added.The 24-run sound was Samson’s highest people successful the bid truthful far, pursuing earlier failures of 10, 6 and 0, but it did small to easiness the scrutiny. With Ishan Kishan impressing astatine No. 3 earlier successful the bid and the T20 World Cup astatine location drafting closer, unit is mounting rapidly connected Samson to warrant his spot successful the XI.