BD NarayankarMumbai, March 5 -- On Thursday night, the lights of the Wankhede Stadium shimmered over a sea of anticipation as India walked into a high-stakes semifinal of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Knockout matches have always carried a peculiar weight in cricket - the kind that makes the bat feel heavier and the silence between deliveries a little longer.
But every now and then, a player arrives who seems untouched by that pressure.
On this evening, it was Sanju Samson.
Samson's 89 against the England cricket team was not merely a contribution to the scoreboard; it was an innings that flowed with a rare calmness, almost as if the occasion belonged to him. His batting has always had an aesthetic quality - the high backlift, the effort...