Sanju Samson Backs Head Coach Gautam Gambhir With A Jaw-Dropping Comment After IND vs NZ Series Loss

IND vs SA 1st T20I: The Indian Cricket T20I Team led by Suryakumar Yadav has been dominant so far after their World T20 win in June earlier this year. The 'Men in Blue' have justified their title world champion very well so far and have lost only one match from their previous 12 T20I game. India are currently taking on South Africa in the four-match T20I series and have started their campaign on a victorious note. In the first IND vs SA T20I that was played at Kingsmead, Durban, India outplayed the hosts by 61 odd runs.

Sanju Samson Lavishes Praise On Gautam Gambhir

Rajasthan Royals skipper and wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has had a blow hot blow cold India career so far. Sanju Samson is in some scintillating form and has become the first and the only Indian batter to score two consecutive T20I hundreds. In the 1st IND vs SA T20I, Samson played a quickfire knock of 107 runs off 50 legal deliveries. In his stellar innings, Samson hit 7 fours and 10 sixes.

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The wicketkeeper-batsman, who has had a long string of failures against his name despite the explosive talent that he has opened up on how Gautam Gambhir supported him. 'When you have a supporting captain like Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam bhai and VVS Laxman sir, they all support you during failures. The way they communicate with you in your failures is very important. Everyone knows that if we are going through a negative phase, then the player can get lost there. So at that time, I received a lot of phone calls from Gautam bhai and Surya, telling me what to work on', said Samson as quoted by PTI.

Gautam Gambhir Reportedly Summoned By BCCI

The BCCI has conducted an exhaustive review of India's shock 0-3 debacle against New Zealand with selection of rank turner for the Mumbai Test, resting Jasprit Bumrah and Gautam Gambhir's coaching style were discussed. Skipper Rohit Sharma , chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gambhir were in attendance along with BCCI secretary Jay Shah and president Roger Binny. Gambhir joined the meeting online.

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It has been learnt that the questions were asked about certain decisions taken by the team management during the course of the series. There were also discussions about Gambhir's style of coaching which is very different from his predecessor Rahul Dravid and how the team is getting used to it.

"It was a six hour marathon meeting which was obviously on cards after such a debacle. India are going on a tour of Australia and the BCCI would obviously like to ensure that the team is back on track and would like to know how the think-tank (Gambhir-Rohit-Agarkar) are going about it," a senior BCCI source privy to development told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

(With PTI Inputs)