Samson was bowled by Nandre Burger for single-digit score on his CSK debut.
Parag, who has played alongside Samson for years and even bowled to him in the nets on occasion, knew he needed to do something special before the batter found his rhythm. The Royals managed to remove Samson for 6 runs off 7 balls due to Parag's near-perfect plan.
Parag stated that the first few deliveries Samson faced gave him and the RR team the confidence to proceed with the strategy. Though Samson also hit a boundary, the RR captain said that Samson was being set up by the bowlers.
"I feel for Sanju bhai; it was the first three balls or first four balls that we wanted to execute something. That kind of went well, so we went ahead with it. And we were just trying to target where he plays his first three balls or where he plays his first four to five balls and then just set fielders accordingly and ask him to hit a better shot or hit a different shot, which is, again, a gamble sort of, but then that gives us a lot of percentage of favors in our way," Parag said at the post-match presser.
Samson was clean bowled by Nandre Burger as he tried to get on with the game. Parag revealed that RR wanted Samson to play that shot, on which he got out.
"Let's say the shot he got out to, we would have wanted him to hit that shot instead of bowling short to him and him pulling it because he likes that. So we just try and make decisions a little uncomfortable for the bowlers and for the batsmen, sorry, and then we just try and execute.
If it comes off, it looks very good. If it doesn't come off and he gets hit for a few cuts, I'll be sitting here, sitting like a dumb duck, right? So that's about it," he revealed.
After Riyan Parag won the toss and chose to bowl, RR bowlers demolished CSK batting as they were routed for 127 runs, with Jamie Overton top-scoring with 43. In response, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed a 17-ball 52, and Yashasvi Jaiswal made 38* as RR won the game by 8 wickets with 47 balls to spare.