Star cricketer Sanju Samson had a superlative end to 2024, where he smashed three hundreds in the series against Bangladesh and South Africa. Overall, he aggregated 436 runs at an average of 43.60, where he struck the ball at 180.16 in 12 innings. However, the wicketkeeper-batter's 2025 has not been too great so far as the four matches of the England series saw Sanju muster only 35 runs, of which 26 came in the first encounter at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Failure in such an important series saw the Kerala cricketer receive support from renowned expert Sanjay Manjrekar. Also Read | India Under 19 women defeated South Africa defends titles in ICC U-19 World Cup Here is what Manjrekar told on ESPNcricinfo "You see with Sanju Samson, when he plays well, he gets an incredible hundred and puts your team in a winning position. So, such people are allowed failures and maybe a long patch of failures as well because that is the nature of these as a T20 cricketer, where you cannot play yourself, where you have to keep taking those risks that they take, and hopefully there is one innings that just propels him back into form," "So, with Samson, I think you should just make sure that he gets as many innings as possible, purely because when he gets into form and plays well, he makes it all worth it. If that was another guy who was failing in this fashion and when he got into form just got you 40 or 50, then maybe you would offer him a shorter rope. But I will have a lot of patience with this current version of Sanju Samson," he added. Manjrekar, former Mumbai and India batter, said that when players like Samson do not perform well they should be given a long stint as he has been an innings-winner who has been able to put enormous runs on the board. Moreover, Manjrekar wants the selection committee to slightly have more patience in the case of Samson's place in the Indian team. Meanwhile, speaking of the series, Samson is all ready to play in the fifth and final T20I of the series, which commences on Sunday, February 02 at 7pm IST. The stumper-batter would love to make amends in the game at the iconic Wankhede Stadium of Mumbai, and end the series on a positive note.