India, March 3 -- Sanju Samson is a man of unquestionable talent but his wretched run in the bilateral series against New Zealand forced the team management to give him a break to ease the mounting pressure ahead of the T20 World Cup, head coach Gautam Gambhir said after the Kerala player took the hosts into the semi-finals with his epic knock.

Samson produced an unbeaten 97-run knock under pressure, anchoring a tricky 196-run chase against the West Indies on Sunday night.

"Obviously, he had a tough series against New Zealand. So sometimes it's important to give him (Samson) a break as well, because you want to get the guy off that pressure situation as well," head coach Gambhir replied to a query from PTI at the post-match press confer...