SRH vs RR: Sanju Samson expects Rajasthan Royals to play fearless cricket in IPL 2022

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson believes his side will need to play fearless cricket to win the title in IPL 2022.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson is hoping his team will play fearless cricket and end his team's 13-year-long title drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

IPL’s inaugural champions in 2008, Rajasthan Royals have built a formidable outfit this season with some big players like Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal, besides Samson himself, in their ranks.

“Our main focus is to get together as soon as possible. We have a different squad this time, some new members in the team, so it is important to come together and understand your teammates,” Samson said ahead of RR's IPL 2022 opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday.

“We definitely had a lot of learning from the last 2-3 seasons. We discussed and worked on a few options and we got a really very good team in the auction,” he said on Monday during a virtual press conference.

Sanju said the Royals have variety in the team this season for the nearly two-month-long tournament.

“We have a lot of Indian and international strength in our team. It's a very long tournament. We need to understand the mindset and the fitness and form of all players. But we have enough options to play around,” he said.

“I think this format has to be played with lot of fearless mindset and that sort of characters are there in this team this year. So we would just like to go out there and express ourselves.” Lasith Malinga has recently joint Rajasthan Royals as the team's bowling coach and Samson said the Sri Lankan pace legend is adding a lot of value and making his job easier.