IPL-Winning Coach Criticises Sanju Samson for Tactical Error

2024-05-25 13:37:19

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The former batsman of Australia cricket team Tom Moody has slain the captain of Rajasthan Sanju Samson over his tactical blender in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League qualifier 2 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Friday. Although Dhruv Jurel smashed a half-century for Rajasthan in the chase, Moody pointed out that Samsung made a tactical mistake by sending Shimron Hetmyer ahead of the youngster.
Moody said, "We shouldn't be surprised because that is the trend. We shouldn't be surprised, and every single time we sit here and say that we are surprised, To me, it was an absolute no-brainer. Hetmyer had to go in ahead of Dhruv Jurel, regardless of whether he played very nicely. He would have still played nice when he got the opportunity. But they needed to negate the two left-arm spinners right at the outset. That was the hole the Sunrisers had in their attack, and they needed to negate that.”

He further said, “They should have sent Hetmyer in and said, Just play your game. Take it down in your zone; let's get ahead in this game. Do not allow these left-arm spinners to take control of the game. Yes, people will see we end up getting out to left-arm spin, but the game was nearly gone by then, and that was a particularly good ball, a carrom ball, as we mentioned. If we got ahead in the game, that would not have ever happened. It is a tactical blunder.”