India, Feb. 14 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin gave an honest assessment of Sanju Samson's form, saying the latter is looking like someone who is "searching for some runs." The Kerala batter made his way into the playing XI for the T20 World Cup match against Namibia at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday after Abhishek Sharma failed to recover in time from a stomach infection. Samson started his innings like a house on fire, hitting three sixes and one four; however, his knock was cut short by Ben Shikongo in the second over of the game.

As a result, Samson went back to the hut after scoring 22 runs off eight balls in his T20 World Cup debut. Speaking of his dismissal, the Namibia pacer rolled his fingers acros...