Rishabh Pant doesn’t stray too far from the spotlight, even if he’s not playing. Sanju Samson, Pant’s closest competition when it comes to that wicketkeeping slot for the India team, finally hit form with a scintillating 54 * of 31 balls in MI’s 1952 Rajasthan Royals superlative chase, led by Ben. Stokes’ 107 * of 60 and that on turn, diverted attention to Pant and his performance. Pant has largely gone unnoticed this season, and Pant has a below-average season thus far scoring 217 runs in eight games at 31.00 and an uninspiring strike rate of 117.29 and has yet to cross the 50-run mark in a entry. He has also been criticized for his shoddy work behind stumps. But, for much of IPL 2020, Samson had been the favorite fodder of the social media keyboard warriors. After starting the tournament with two big shots in Sharjah, Samson flopped with a series of single-digit scores. He began to find form once again, but failed to create a major impact – until yesterday when he combined Stokes for a great 152-run partnership against MI to keep RR’s playoff opportunities alive. Samson’s stats also make a better read that Pant as the Kerala hitter has 326 runs at 29.63 and a strike rate of 157/58 with three fifty to his name.
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Samson’s entries received praise from fans and experts alike, but poor Pant also found himself in the middle of the conversation. This is how Twitter reacted to Samson’s punch and trolled the Delhi batsman.
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Sanju Samson is better than Rishabh Pant.
– Narayanan (@visaraj) October 26, 2020
What an entrance for #sanjusamson. Goodbye #rishabhpant. Eat halwa and poori again. #RRvsMI # IPL2020
– Prateek Srivastava (@WCepiphany) October 25, 2020
Sanju samson is better than rishabh pant 💯
– ☆ YASH ☆ (@ seenu_0328) October 25, 2020
ACP Pradyuman: Daya Darwaza Tod Do …..
Rishabh Pants: Daya #YehMainKartaLetaHoon aap jake # Dream11 pe team banao !!!! pic.twitter.com/axjU3y9P3R
– Doc … (Mohit Vaishnav) (@ mohit3079) October 25, 2020
Meanwhile Sanju Samson to Rishabh Pant#BestHomeCommentator@Accommodation pic.twitter.com/DmSN5jDcer
– Varshini Vinod 😊🇮🇳 (@ VSounder19) October 25, 2020
Sanju Samson deserves the same level of support from Kohli as Rohit received from Dhoni early in his career.
With his fitness, technical correctness, ability to hit the entire floor, he brings so much more to the table, especially compared to Rishabh Pant.#SanjuSamson
– Bhanu Pratap Singh (@ singhrbn5789) October 25, 2020
Much more deserving than many others, even in international games! He can hold, he’s a brilliant fielder, a wizard at stroke play and better consistency. #RishabhPant #kedarjadhav #vijayshankar
– Raj Popuri (@arian_raj) October 25, 2020
Rishabh Pant is overrated, Sanju Samson is the best replacement …
– Mohit Singh (@Mohitlogic) October 25, 2020
Rishabh gasps and Ishan Kishan can’t hit like that even in their dreams.
– HeyDaddy (@ Heydaddy007) October 25, 2020
Rishabh Pant is Swag. Sanju Samson is class.#MIvsRR
– Spongebob (@ Unitedstan12) October 25, 2020
Rishabh and maxwelll trousers
After Back To BacK Bad Performance at ipl 2020😀 pic.twitter.com/ntP5iWxLaA
– vishkriss {vicky} ™ (@MINDKRRAFT) October 24, 2020
Sanju Samson got back in shape; Trolls Target Rishabh Pant
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