IPL 2017: I am blessed to be with Rahul Dravid sir, says Sanju Samson

Delhi Daredevils' Sanju Samson, who scored a smashing 63-ball 102 as his team beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 97 runs in their own backyard on Tuesday night, thanked team mentor Rahul Dravid for his guidance

Delhi Daredevils' Sanju Samson celebrates after his hundred against Rising Pune Supergiant in Pune on Tuesday. Pic/AFP. Inset: Rahul Dravid

Pune: Delhi Daredevils' Sanju Samson, who scored a smashing 63-ball 102 as his team beat Rising Pune Supergiant by 97 runs in their own backyard on Tuesday night, thanked team mentor Rahul Dravid for his guidance.

"I am very happy to play this knock and very happy that the team won the match. I am blessed to be a part of this team, working with Rahul sir (team mentor) and the rest of the support staff. I am in a very good space of mind and the people here have always backed and encouraged me," said Samson at the post-match presentation.

Meanwhile, even before the IPL 2017 began, RPS seemed a weak bowling unit. R Ashwin's withdrawal from the event meant they were left with no Indian bowler of repute, by IPL standards. Three games into the season, and the Supergiant bowling unit hasn't done anything to suggest they know a way to keep an opposition in check.

Barring the ever accurate Imran Tahir (six wickets in three games) the rest of the bowling has failed to make an impact, and leaked runs. A real worry for the Supergiant side has been that the bowlers have leaked runs at both ends. Their power-play bowling figures read 59-1, 56-2 and 62-1.

"It's not that we have only leaked runs at the death. We have struggled up front too," admitted medium pacer Rajat Bhatia after the one-sided contest at the MCA Stadium here.

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