Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson was praised massively after the team’s terrific win over Delhi Capitals (DC) in the 11th match of the ongoing IPL 2023 which was played at the Barsapara stadium in Guwahati on April 8.
RR had batted first after DC captain David Warner had won the toss. Thanks to fiery opening partnership between Yashasvi Jaiswal (60) and Jos Buttler (79) and some amazing finishing by Shimron Hetmyer (39* in 21), RR put on 199/4.
In reply, DC could only muster 142/9 in 20 overs with David Warner making 65, while Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal taking 2 wickets each. RR won the match by 57 runs and have 4 points from 3 matches.
Rajasthan's head coach Kumar Sangakkara hailed skipper Sanju Samson for the way he led the team. In the middle of the dressing room speech, however, Sangakkara was given a cheeky reminder by Sanju over another aspect of his game that the Sri Lankan forgot to mention.
"Skipper, really, well captained today. It was brilliant to see how you marshaled the bowlers, and the decisions you took. You were not afraid to do it. I thought that was exceptional. Really well done," Sangakkara said during the speech.
It was here when Samson cheekily reminded him of his one-handed diving catch much to the amusement of entire dressing room and Sangakkara.
"Sorry, forgot the catch. Fantstic catch. Brilliant," Sangakkara said after the reminder.
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RR will now travel to Chennai to face MS Dhoni’s CSK on April 12.
