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Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar backed Sanju Samson after the star batter failed to perform in the 4th T20I against England at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. The 30-year-old wicketkeeper batter just scored 1 run. In the last four T20Is Samson managed to score just 35 runs.
Despite his poor outings against England Manjrekar believes that people like Samson are allowed to make such failures. He just needs one inning to get his mojo back with bat.
"You see with Sanju Samson, when he plays well, he gets an incredible hundred and puts your team in a winning position. So, such people are allowed failures and maybe a long patch of failures as well because that is the nature of these as a T20 cricketer, where you cannot play yourself, where you have to keep taking those risks that they take, and hopefully there is one innings that just propels him back into form," Manjrekar told on ESPNcricinfo.
He suggested selectors give as many as possible chances to Sanju because when he gets back into the form he will make all chances worth it.
"So, with Samson, I think you should just make sure that he gets as many innings as possible, purely because when he gets into form and plays well, he makes it all worth it. If that was another guy who was failing in this fashion and when he got into form just got you 40 or 50, then maybe you would offer him a shorter rope. But I will have a lot of patience with this current version of Sanju Samson," he added.
Coming back to T20I series, Team India are currently leading 3-1 in the five-match T20I series and the fifth T20I will take place on February 2 at iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
