Sanju Samson: Why is Sanju Samson craving for runs? These are 3 big reasons
Uma Shankar January 28, 2026 05:24 PM

Sanju Samson Batting: The batsman who had scored three T20 centuries in five T20 matches. The player who has every kind of shot, but today he is yearning for runs. We are talking about Sanju Samson who is being heavily criticized due to his poor batting. He has been able to score only 16 runs in the first three matches of the T20 series against New Zealand. The question is, what has happened to Sanju Samson? Why is Sanju proving to be a flop on the pitches where Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan are scoring runs? Let us tell you the reason for this.

The first reason for Sanju Samson's failure

sanju samson The first reason for failure is their foot movement and trigger movement. Actually Sanju Samson does back press movement even before the bowler throws the ball. Due to which he goes deep inside the crease before the ball arrives. In this movement, Sanju Samson is ready for the backfoot balls but the upcoming balls trouble him. Especially when the ball is new, Sanju faces more problems. Sanju stands deep inside the crease and because of this the ball gets more time to swing and there are more chances of getting out. New Zealand's fast bowlers are known for moving the ball, if you try to play them from inside the crease then there will definitely be problems.

Sanju Samson's teammates Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan come out of the crease and face the Kiwi bowlers and the result is in front of everyone. Due to their explosive batting, both have become another name of fear for the Kiwi bowlers. In such a situation, it is clear that Sanju Samson should play his game openly.

Second big reason for Sanju Samson's failure

Sanju Samson is probably failing because of the strategy of Team India. In the current T20 series, Team India has made a strategy for the first four batsmen to play big strokes as soon as they arrive, which is not fitting Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson has trouble playing strokes as soon as he goes. If he plays only single-doubles for 2-3 overs, he can score big innings with his bat. Former Indian captain Ajinkya Rahane also said this in a show. According to him, Sanju Samson needs to give himself time before playing big strokes.

Third major reason for Sanju Samson's failure

Pressure is also a major reason for Sanju Samson's failure. This right-handed batsman is used to playing under pressure but this time the situation is a little different. Sanju Samson has to play together with Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan is scoring runs in a stormy manner. This player is playing in the playing eleven due to the injury of Tilak Verma. This is putting pressure on Samson somewhere. If Tilak Verma had been in the team and he was playing, then obviously there would have been less pressure on Samson. Now it remains to be seen whether Samson is able to make a comeback in Vizag or not?

© Copyright @2026 LIDEA. All Rights Reserved.