Sanju Samson reveals he wants to inculcate THESE important qualities of MS Dhoni

Sanju Samson is regarded as one of emerging wicket-keeper batsmen who has ability to fill legendary cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni's shoes along with youngster Rishabh Pant. It took Samson more than four years to finally get a place in Indian squad (bilateral limited-overs series against Zimbabwe in 2015) . He was called for T20I series against Sri Lanka at home earlier this year, but he could t capitalise on his opportunity. Sanju also failed to make his bat do talking in T20I series against New Zealand that followed. Meanwhile, he has said that he wants to have a couple of good and important qualities of legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

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'Calmness and focus': Sanju Samson

While speaking to a media portal,  young keeper/batsman went on to say that Mahendra Singh Dhoni's calmness and focus in tough situations is something that he would like to inculcate in his game as well. At same time, he also wishes to be calmer and more focussed while batting.

Kerala cricketer also mentioned that today's wicket-keepers are all top batsmen as well. middle-order batsman n added that three-time World Cup winner Adam Gilchrist changed game for keepers coming up order while Dhoni had done likewise in middle order. Furrmore, Rajasthan Royals stumper also added that it is w almost a rm to have a wicketkeeper who is a very good top or middle-order batsman as it helps team add an extra bowler or all-rounder in team.