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SANJU SAMSON VS EOIN MORGAN
In today’s match of Vivo IPL 2021 Rajasthan Royals will be facing Kolkata Knight Riders for the first time in this edition of IPL. This is going to be an important match for the captains as both captains have lost most of the previous matches. Both RR and KKR have lost 3 of the 4 matches that they played. So today there will be a huge pressure on the captains of both the teams.
SANJU SAMSON
He is one of the youngest captains in this year’s IPL. The fact that the team management has given in such a big role in the team alone describes the fact that he is a competent player. This player was associated with Rajasthan Royals from the beginning of his career. But in the 2016 season he followed his mentor Rahul Dravid to Delhi Daredevils(now Delhi Capitals). After playing some crucial knocks for them for two seasons he made his return to Rajasthan Royals.
Sanju started this IPL season with a good note personally. He scored 119 runs which is the first IPL century of this season. But as a captain somewhere failed to win matches. He lost three of the four matches that he played as captain. today there will be a huge pressure on team to perform both as a player and as a captain.
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EOIN MORGAN:
Morgan has been associated with KKR for a long time. Though he spent 2015 and 2016 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad and 2017 with Kings XI Punjab, he made a comeback Kolkata 2020.
This left-handed batsman who is also the captain of the England national team is known for his calm and composed captaincy just like his counterpart MS Dhoni. He is also credited with his consistent gameplay and giving support to the team in the middle office as a batsman.
He took over the captaincy of Kolkata Knight Riders in the middle of season 2020 from Dinesh Karthik.
morgan started the season with the win as a captain. But then he failed to carry on the momentum as he suffered three back to back losses. And in most of the cases the losses were very close. So he will try to rectify the small mistakes that he made in his captaincy in today’s match.
IPL STATS COMPARISON: SANJU SAMSON VS EOIN MORGAN:
| Parameters | Sanju Samson | Eoin Morgan |
|---|---|---|
| match | 111 | 70 |
| runs | 2729 | 1317 |
| high score | 119 | 68 |
| average | 28.13 | 24.38 |
| strike rate | 135.03 | 125.78 |
| 100s | 3 | 0 |
| 50s | 13 | 5 |
| 4s | 206 | 107 |
| 6s | 123 | 60 |
in today’s match there will be a huge pressure on both the captains to win. So it will be exciting to see who wins between the seasoned captain Morgan and young Sanju.
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