India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has been in the form of his life this year. In whatever limited opportunities he has got in the white-ball formats for India, Samson has proved his worth.

After leading Rajasthan Royals to the IPL 2022 final, Samson toured West Indies and Zimbabwe with the national team and made his mark all the way through.

With his confidence sky-high, Sanju Samson has continued his brilliance in the ongoing home ODI series against South Africa as well, registering unbeaten scores of 86 and 30 in the first two games.

Notably, all of Samson’s impressive knocks for India in the recent past have come while batting lower down the order.

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Ahead of the third ODI against South Africa in Delhi, Sanju revealed that he was instructed last year to be ready to don the Indian colours as a finisher.

"Absolutely, I have been practicing different kind of roles and I think last couple of years, I have put in time to understand different types of roles that I need to play in different teams. So, I am enjoying it," Samson, who started as a top-order batter, told host broadcaster Star Sports.

"I have been given instructions to be ready to do this finishing role from last one year. Physically, I have been doing top-order batting but mentally I have been understanding the game better on how to react to situations better and how people have done it beautifully in the past. Learning from the history, so yes lot of learning has gone into this," he added.

The three-match ODI series between India and South Africa is level at 1-1. While the Proteas won the series opener in Lucknow by 9 runs, the hosts bounced back to win the second ODI in Ranchi by 7 wickets.

“After the first ODI, we had a positive meeting where lot of positives were covered. I think the team management, the captain and coach told every player how special we all are and how we need to keep on focusing on the process," said Samson.