India vs West Indies 5th T20I : Toss delayed due to rain

Samson (2/2): [Your preparation for New Zealand?] To be very honest, with the way the schedule is structured these days, you don’t get much time to practice or prepare.

That’s where your experience comes in. You try to stay in a good mental space and make the most of whatever time you get. We have just one day of batting practice. We’ll reach there on the 20th, practice on the 21st, and play the match on the 22nd. So, we’ll try to carry forward the good things we’ve done here.

It takes a little time to adjust to the conditions there, so we’ll take two or three balls to assess them. We’ll follow the things we’ve learned through experience and play while respecting the conditions.

Sanju Samson (Translated from Hindi) (1/2): [Performing well in the World Cup, definitely gives you a lot of confidence. How do you carry that confidence forward?] It definitely gives you a lot of confidence. After that, you start understanding your own patterns.

You focus on your process, reduce the outside noise, and figure out your own way of creating the best environment in your mind to go out there and perform. Sometimes you score runs, and sometimes you don’t. So, I try to understand that, stay grounded, and continue playing fearless cricket. [When it keeps raining and the match doesn’t start, what’s going through your mind?]

We’re missing someone like you (Chahal) in the dressing room! Someone who can keep the atmosphere light. When it’s raining, there’s not much point in thinking too much about cricket at that moment. Bishnoi and Arshdeep are keeping themselves occupied, so you know how things go in the dressing room.