Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson, in good form himself, is doing his best to help the others in his team raise their game by “sharing information” about what is working for him.
Samson has been in exceptional form since the resumption of the league. He scored two consecutive half-centuries in the last two games but the other batters in the side have failed to get going. “I’m sharing as much as I can with the youngsters… The things that are working for me. That communication is happening from my side,” Samson said.
“To be honest, everyone in the playing XI, they’ve played enough cricket to understand what do we need to do to get back from failure to success. We need to trust their characters and hope for best in the coming matches,” he added.
After snatching a win from the jaws of defeat against Punjab Kings, Rajasthan have lost two games on the trot, which has partially hampered their play-off qualification chances. “Myself and the whole team are a bit disappointed by the way we lost the last game (against Sunrisers Hyderabad). We know that we can play much better as a unit and definitely in the coming matches, we will showcase a good standard of cricket.”
Asked what he, as a captain, tells his squad in a tough situation like this, Samson said: “We need to boost their confidence and tell them how good we are, but at the same time we need to also tell them what’s going on, we need to be honest and true to ourselves.”