RR vs RCB: Sanju Samson Is Answerable - Sunil Gavaskar Slam RR Skipper Over His Tactics Against RCB

Legendary Indian player Sunil Gavaskar rebuked Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson for his field placements against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the slog overs.

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On Tuesday, RCB handed Rajasthan Royals their first defeat of this season after a nail-biting finish by Dinesh Karthik and Shahbaz Ahmed to propel their side to a four-wicket win at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

RR vs RCB: Dinesh Karthik, Shahbaz Ahmed guides RCB to a four-wicket win against RR

Rajasthan Royals posted 169 after Jos Buttler (70*) and Shimron Hetmyer (42) added 62 runs in the last four overs in their unbroken alliance of 83 runs.

RCB’s chase faltered in the middle despite a steady opening stand of 55 runs between Faf du Plessis (29) and Anuj Rawat (26) over seven overs. The openers negated the new ball threat from Prasidh Krishna and Trent Boult. As the duo moved swiftly towards their target of 170, former RCB bowler Yuzvendra Chahal got the breakthrough for Rajasthan.

In the space of 5.3 overs, RCB slipped from  55 for 1 to 87 for 5 and that is when Karthik joined forces with Shahbaz Ahmed in the 13th over. Karthik smashed state teammate Ravichandran Ashwin for 19 runs in an over.

Karthik hammered Navdeep Saini for successive boundaries before Shahbaz switched his gears and hit a flurry of boundaries and sixes against the likes of Saini, Boult, and Prasidh. Karthik clobbered Prasidh for two fours in a row to give the finishing touches to RCB with his breathtaking 23-ball 44, including seven fours and a six.

Questions must be asked to Sanju Samson: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar pointed out the inappropriate field placements of Rajasthan Royals and held skipper Samson accountable for his tactics.

“Sanju Samson is answerable. Questions must be asked. No fielders in the deep on the on-side will always be easy picking for someone like Dinesh Karthik,” Gavaskar said on commentary when Karthik hit Krishna’s fuller-length delivery towards the deep mid-wicket area for a boundary in the 19th over.

Rajasthan Royals will meet Lucknow Super Giants on April 10 at the same venue.

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