Sanju Samson has been called several things by several former India cricketers, but perhaps nothing comes close to the analogy dictated about him by former India spinner Pragyan Ojha. Giving a cheeky response as to why youngsters like Sanju Samson need to perform consistently to maintain their place in the national teams, the former Indians spinner handed a sound reply.
Pragyan Ojha Compared Cricket Youngsters With Pre-paid Sim Card
“When you talk about Sanju Samson, there is one thing. When he came into this side, there was no Rishabh Pant, there was no Ishan Kishan. In this present Indian team, consider this interesting story Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are like post-paid sim cards. They can push themselves for a bit more time without paying the bills,” Ojha told Sports Today.
Pragyan Ojha’s sim card comment came after Sanju Samson began his IPL 2021 captaincy with Rajasthan Royals with a sensational century and became the first player to register a century in the IPL captaincy.
During the interaction with Sports Today after Rajasthan Royals’ 3 wicket win over Delhi Capitals, Pragyan Ojha said that Sanju Samson is undoubtedly a great talent but it is important for youngsters and players like him to be consistent with their performance and rise above the competition today.
“Quite a few youngsters are like pre-paid sim cards. It has to be renewed in the given time otherwise the sim is dead. All these youngsters should understand they are not post-paid sim cards. They are pre-paid sim cards, to become postpaid, they have to perform consistently,” he added.
Sanju Samson can play unbelievable knocks and all the fans are aware of it but when it comes to consistency, he lacks a bit of perseverance over there. Although he managed to score 119 runs in the first match, he only scored 4 runs against Delhi Capitals. We’ve seen this inconsistency over the years.
Sanju Samson has been elected as a captain of Rajasthan Royals after the franchise released Steven Smith. Samson smashed 119 runs off 63 balls in the first match of the campaign for them against Punjab Kings. Sanju Samson & co will face Chennai Super Kings Tonight at Wankhede Stadium and it will be a contest to watch.
