“Consistency should be there, but for the top order, I think consistency is overrated in T20s,” Pujara said while analysing Samson’s fluctuating returns on JioHotstar’s ‘Out or Not Out’. Former India player Cheteshwar Pujara believes consistency is overrated for top-order batters in T20 cricket, backing Sanju Samson to bounce back with a single defining innings as the team prepares for its upcoming multi-format tour of New Zealand. “He is never out of form. The kind of player Sanju Samson has been in the T20 format, his form fluctuates. But it is always a matter of one innings. He plays one good innings, and he is back in form.
India, who recently finished their five-match T20I series against the West Indies in a 2-2 draw, will begin their multi-format tour of New Zealand with the shortest format. Because there you need more all-rounders, either a spin all-rounder or a seam-bowling all-rounder, “Vaibhav playing every game seems a bit difficult in New Zealand.
So, there you don’t need a lot of batters, especially in the top order,” he said. “Sanju plays with everyone’s emotions because he won’t score runs for two matches, and everyone starts raising questions,” Nayar said.
But both Sanju and Vaibhav cannot be in the playing XI in New Zealand,” he said. “So, you cannot say that this player is not in form. In the T20 format, you are bound to have failures. Who doesn’t get out in T20s?” he added. Pujara, however, clarified that Sooryavanshi could still feature during the series if conditions or player availability create an opening. “If the spot opens up for him based on conditions or players’ fitness, that’s fine.
