Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson was unhappy with Yashasvi Jaiswal's sloppy fielding to concede a boundary in the IPL 2024 Eliminator against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Wednesday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In a video that emerged on social media, Samson was seen pointing to the brain as Jaiswal couldn't stop the ball that deceived him from going to the boundary.
The incident occurred in the final over of the Royal Challengers' innings as Karn Sharma ramped a short ball from Sandeep Sharma. Stationed at point, the ball bounced in front of the youngster and spun away to beat him and go for a boundary. Samson was inevitably not happy and seemingly scolded the left-hander for his poor fielding.
"Really happy with the way we fielded, batted and bowled today" - Sanju Samson
Samson couldn't help but credit his bowlers for making it tough for RCB batters from the outset. The Kerala-born cricketer also reflected that Shane Bond and Kumar Sangakkara have also racked their brains a lot in making strategies.
"What cricket and life has taught us is we will have some good and some really bad phases. But we need to have the character to bounce back. Really happy with the way we fielded, batted and bowled today. Credit to the bowlers, they are always looking at what the opposition batters would do and what fields to set. Credit goes to Sanga and bowling coach Shane Bond as well. They've spent a lot of time in hotel rooms discussing these things."
The Royals will now face the SunRisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2024.
