Samson performed a captain’s knock of 60 off 32 balls year Shimron Hetmyer cracked an unbeaten 56 off simply 26 balls to aid RR gun i’m sick the objective with 4 balls to extra.
All over his knock, Samson smashed 3 successive sixes off Rashid Khan within the thirteenth over to modify the equipment of RR’s chase and their trainer Kumar Sangakkara feels skipper’s all out assault in opposition to GT’s easiest bowler proved to be the sport changer.
“Not just you got us through the powerplay, but that Rashid Khan over and then how you kicked on from there, that was the game changer. Their best bowler, some say the best T20 spinner in the world, was completely caught off the guard,” stated Sangakkara to Samson in a post-match video uploaded at the Royals’ social media accounts.
Samson and Hetmyer added a an important be on one?s feet of 59 runs off 27 balls to arrange the run chase. Hetmyer next added 47 runs off 20 deliveries with Dhruv Jurel (18 off 10 balls) to finish the chase.
“It just goes to show that when you are in the game, anything is possible. Whether it is Rashid Khan, Shane Warne or Muttiah Muralitharan, it doesn’t matter when we’re in the game. We play the ball, not the man. Again, brilliantly done,” stated Sangakkara, himself a batting legend and a former Sri Lanka captain.
