Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bowling coach Eric Simons applauded both MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson for their skills and deep understanding of the game. He named Dhoni as one of the calmest players he’s ever worked with, and added that Samson shows a very similar mindset, remaining confident and not overdoing preparation as well.
“I’ve had the privilege to spend many years playing, being involved with Dhoni, he’s one of the calmest cricketers I’ve ever come across. And Sanju Samson’s not far behind that, he just understands the game from that perspective, I’ve seen no panic, no sense of practising more, doing more, maybe even less,” Simons said in the post-match press conference.
“When you’ve got the class of a player like him, you know it’s just temporary if you have a bad run of form and sometimes it’s about luck, he got a great delivery from (Nandre) Burger at one game, it’s just the way it goes, one ball goes for four to the boundary, he edges one, he gets caught, so there was never any doubt that this was coming and I think the mindset of a cricketer of his stature is important, you’ve just got to keep trusting him, believing in your quality and certainly he’s got that sort of an abundance,” Simons further added.
However, Sanju Samson made history on Saturday, becoming the first batter in the history of the IPL to score centuries for three different teams in the IPL as well. Samson smashed an unbeaten 115* in 56 balls, with 11 fours and four sixes, at a strike rate of 205.36. Out of his four IPL hundreds, he has scored two for Rajasthan Royals (in the 2019 and 2021 seasons) and Delhi Capitals (in the 2017 season) as well.
Sanju Samson also completed 400 sixes in T20S, becoming the fourth Indian to reach the feat after Rohit Sharma (554), Virat Kohli (441), and Suryakumar Yadav (442) as well.
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