IPL 2020: Gautam Gambhir believes this player is the best young batsman in India


Previous Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday (September 22) praised Rajasthan Royals batsman Sanju Samson after his wonderful innings against Chennai Super Kings at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. 


Samson batted like a man had as he crushed 74 off 32 balls against MS Dhoni-drove CSK, Samson hit 9 sixes and a solitary limit. Samson finished his innings with a strike pace of more than 231. 


Samson came out to bat when Royals were at 11 for 1 in the third over after the excusal of Yashasvi Jaiswal. When, Samson got back to the structure in the twelfth over, Royals had arrived at 132 for 2. 


"Sanju Samson isn't only the best wicketkeeper batsmen in India yet the best youthful batsman in India! Anybody begging to be proven wrong?" tweeted Gambhir. 


Samson scored his 50 years in just 19 balls, which is the joint-second quickest by a Rajasthan Royals batsman. Samson's fifty is the joint-6th quickest in IPL history alongside Chris Lynn, KL Rahul, Harbhajan Singh, Owais Shah, David Miller, Andre Russell and Robin Uthappa. 


The 22-year-old Samson additionally has 2 tons to his name in IPL and his innings against CSK demonstrated that Samson is one uncommon ability.