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Sanju Samson on five sixes over against Rishad Hossain: ‘I have been practicing and visualising it and I am very grateful it happened’ | Cricket News

Sanju Samson on five sixes over against Rishad Hossain: ‘I have been practicing and visualising it and I am very grateful it happened’ | Cricket News

There was no bowler on Saturday who did not feel the wrath of Sanju Samson, who scored his first T20 international hundred. Among the Bangladesh bowling bunch leg-spinner Rishad Hossain felt the heat more compared to the others. In the 10th over of the innings Samson amassed five consecutive sixes of the bowler. “From the last two years, I have been thinking I can hit six sixes in an over, said Samson after the the third T20I in Hyderabad. Accordingly, I have been working with my mentor, Raiphi Gomez, and telling myself that four-five sixes in an over are possible and I should do something like that.” “I have been practising and visualising it and I am very grateful it happened today,” he said. Samson’s new-found strength against spin was born in the confines of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. Samson’s new-found strength against spin was born in the confines of the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. It was then that a wiry batter decided to add “muscle mass” to his frame, improving physically to boost …

Anticipating quick finish to England Tests on spinning tracks, Shreyas Iyer quips he is visualising 3-day results | Cricket News

Shreyas Iyer is pleased with the way he has prepared for the upcoming series against England and says he was hoping to play on turning tracks in the ongoing Ranji Trophy game. The Indian board had offered Iyer the option to play either India A or Ranji Trophy, to gain some match fitness before the India vs England five Test match series kicks off at home. “It wasn’t a turning track, to be honest. I’m assuming that we will be getting turning wickets against England. But other than that it was just for my match fitness, to stay on the field as long as possible, that’s what mainly I was focusing on because especially after my injury it has been tough for me to stick on the outfield for long. So this was great practice for me,” Iyer said after the Mumbai vs Andhra Ranji Trophy game. Iyer smashed 48 runs as Mumbai registered a thumping outright win over Andhra on the final day at the MCA-BKC ground. He was later quizzed about how he …