‘He is like a young MS Dhoni’ – Star England pacer compares Sanju Samson to former India captain

The Rajasthan Royals will be aiming to bring their campaign back on track when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in a crucial 2023 Indian Premier League game on Thursday.

The RR is, currently, at fifth on the table with five wins in 11 games, and could likely lag behind in the race for playoffs with another loss. Sanju Samson’s men had made a strong start to the season but faltered as it progressed. in the past five games, the Royals have won only one. Moreover, RR is on a three-match losing streak.

The Royals have been competitive throughout the competition, with the exception of their game against the Gujarat Titans (GT), where the team had a horrible batting collapse, and were just short of winning against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the last match.

He has become more and more of a leader: Greame Swann

But in the end, a no-ball decided the match, as Abdul Samad of SRH scored a boundary off the last ball to secure a thrilling victory. Therefore, RR are still seen to be among the favorites to make the playoffs, and former England spinner Graeme Swann praised Samson’s leadership, equating him with the former India captain MS Dhoni.

“What I love about Sanju is, like I said, in the five or six years that I have been covering the IPL, he has become more and more of a leader and a consistent senior player that his talent beckoned and destined him to be. Let’s face it: four or five years ago, everyone knew how good he was, but he would easily go six to seven games doing nothing and then have a brilliant knock,” Swann was quoted as saying on JioCinema.

“I think now he’s almost Mr. Dependable for Rajasthan. And he’s very calm; he’s very assured; he is like a young MS Dhoni; I think with his captaincy. He doesn’t lose his calm, he doesn’t lose his cool, and he knows what is going on and reads the game well.”,” the righ-arm off-spinner asserted.