IND vs NZ | Twitter in pain as crowd goes dead silent before putting in consolatory applause for Samson
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Playing in front of your home crowd can be a double-edged sword, and Sanju Samson painfully realised that in the final T20I against New Zealand in Trivandrum. The under-pressure wicketkeeper-batter was overwhelmed by the raucous and loud support from the faithful before being dismissed cheaply.
There is seldom so much interest for a dead rubber, but the crowd at the Greenfield International Stadium was thrilled after Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss against New Zealand in the fifth T20I. With the veteran batter announcing that the Men in Blue will bat first and homeboy Sanju Samson will feature, the decibel levels expectedly went up at the venue in Trivandrum.
With the wicketkeeper-batter already under huge pressure after an ordinary series so far, Samson was looking for that one big knock that would change his fortunes ahead of the T20 World Cup next month. And add to that the huge expectations from his faithful, Samson found it overwhelming and struggled to remain composed.
He was very fortunate not to be dismissed for a duck as a thick outside edge off Kyle Jamieson’s outswinger flew past the keeper to the fence. But Samson could not overcome his inner battles as he edged another while trying to go big on the on-side off Lockie Ferguson in the next.
But just as Bevon Jacobs held on to a straightforward catch at third man, there was stunning silence all over the stadium as a heartbroken Samson could not believe his stay had ended so quickly. The pin-drop silence reminded Pat Cummins and India’s struggles in the 2023 ODI World Cup final.
However, the crowd was quick to assemble behind the local boy, sending him off with a consolatory applause during his long walk back. Twitter was shattered as all the build-up and expectations came to nothing with the batter getting dismissed cheaply yet again.
That's how you support!
— Alexandra Rodrigues (@R37389Alexandra)
Sad
🚨🚨 6 runs off 6 balls for Sanju Samson!!
— Abid Momin (@momin_abidhusen)
- This should be end of the debate whether Ishan Kishan should open or Sanju Samson.
- Very very dissapointed from Samson as I backed him a lot but India comes 1st & it should be Ishan Kishan to open at World Cup 2026 & no left-right…
Soon
I'm with Sanju Samson soon bat rises with more runs and hundreds 💯
— Vishal Varma (@vishalcricket0)
Lit!
Trivandrum came to see Sanju Samson 🎇fireworks, but Ishan Kishan lit the show.
— ms unhoni (@Damagedprouct)
Enough
I have seen enough Ishan Kishan in sanju samson out.
— + (@stfukkr)
Long enough
🏏 Sanju Samson has been backed long enough, but international cricket runs on results not reassurance.
— The Algorithmic Eye 👁️ (@thealgoeye)
The dismissals show no learning curve — just repeated uncertainty under pressure.
At this level, opportunity must turn into impact & right now, it simply hasn’t! 😔
Negative PR
Sanju Samson did negative PR against KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant. Now, God is punishing him.
— Abhishek Roy 2.0 (@AbhiroyTweets2)
Very disappointing
Sanju Samson In This Series:
— Musharaf45 (@Mushara78386844)
1st T20I : 10(7).
2nd T20I : 6(5).
3rd T20I : 0(1).
4th T20I : 24(15).
5th T20I : 6(6).
Total 46 Runs, Average 9.20.😞
Sanju Samson has been very disappointing with his performance.
Really?
Fraud Sanju Samson in the last 16 innings in T20is:
— Gita (@Oye_Gita)
26 (20), 5 (7), 3 (6), 1 (3), 16 (7), 56 (45), 13 (17), 39 (23), 24 (21), 2 (4), 37 (22), 10 (7), 6 (5), 0 (1), 24 (15), 6 (6)
Bad one!
Not saving his bad performance but I think that Sanju Samson played every single match of this series in pressure. In every match he used to panic if he don't hit the boundary in 3-4 balls in pressure of getting dropped used to get out trying hitting a boundary.
— Prince 🥑 (@meri_mrziii)
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