Easy power is a rare quality among batsmen. It isn’t the same as timing. There are many who can find the middle of the bat more often than ...
Easy power is a rare quality among batsmen. It isn’t the same as timing. There are many who can find the middle of the bat more often than not. But only a few can make the ball spring off into the distance with what seems like minimal effort. Such players don’t need to hoick, they don’t necessarily have the biggest built, rather they hold their position and send the ball a mile with simply an elegant extension of a routine drive.
Rohit Sharma is one such player who showcases easy power consistently. AB de Villiers doesn’t use brute force either. And one other player who finds his name on this exclusive list is Sanju Samson. He doesn’t yet have the achievements of these stalwarts, but the extraordinary ball-striking ability he possesses is unmistakable.
In Rajasthan Royals’ victory against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday, Samson played a game-changing knock of 74 runs off 32 balls. The standout feature of his innings was the six-hitting exhibition he put on... the ease with which he ended up hitting nine sixes.
Watch: Sanju Samson’s sensational sixes blitz against CSK
Agreed, some of the deliveries he put away were right under his nose. But that’s not the point. The thing about Samson’s...
