“Looks clownish”- Netizens laugh at Sanju Samson for his loss of words after RR’s bizarre defeat to RCB
After RCB emerged victorious by a massive 112 runs, Samson was asked the reason behind the below-par performance of last year's runners-up.
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Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals (RR) were bowled out for a mere 59 runs by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Sunday (May 14) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. With his extremely lackluster performance by the Royals, they recorded the third-lowest total in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). This match was important for both sides to keep their playoffs hope alive but today, it was RCB who rocked. After RCB emerged victorious by a massive 112 runs, Samson was asked the reason behind the below-par performance of last year’s runners-up.
“I think our top three were scoring a lot of runs, we go hard in the powerplay but it didn’t come out today. It’s too soon to analyze or dissect the game. You need to go hard in the powerplay knowing the ball was getting slower and older that’s the way me, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal, and Jos (Buttler) have played throughout,” Samson said during the post-match presentation. Samson then added that he expected a tight match if his team had decent powerplay.
RR had a decent start to this IPL season, winning four of their first five games. However, they were so inconsistent that they ended up losing six of their next eight matches. Samson was asked the reason behind this poor performance to which he said he had no answer.
“That’s a great question. I was just thinking seeing the batting collapse where we went wrong. I don’t think I have an answer to that yet,” Samson added.
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Netizens slam Sanju Samson for his loss of words
Sanju Samson’s answers did not go well with the fans and they slammed the 29-year-old for his loss of words. Check their reactions below:
Talking about the match, RCB posted a challenging 171/5 on the scoreboard after half-centuries from skipper Faf du Plessis and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell. While chasing the target, both RR openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler fell for duck and two more batters also departed for duck. Shimron Hetmyer’s 19-ball 35 could not do much and in the blink of an eye, RR got bundled out for a mere 59 runs in 10.3 overs.
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