The iconic Sunil Gavaskar says Sanju Samson is such a "nice guy" that everyone wants him to do well and his clutch knock against the West Indies must have taken the pressure off everyone's shoulders. Samson broke his sequence of low scores with a match-winning 97-run knock at the big stage in a high-stakes T20 World Cup game against the West Indies in Kolkata on Sunday night.

"This knock of 97 not out takes the weight off not just Sanju Samson's shoulders, but off everyone who knows what a fine player he has been. He has had ups and downs, and we have felt them too because he is such a nice guy. Everybody wants him to do well," said Gavaskar on a Star Sports show. Samson endured a lean patch in the lead-up to the World Cup, with a string of low scores failing to reflect his true potential. "All Indian cricket fans will be happy that this sincere cricketer has got the success he deserves." India will now face England in the semi-finals in Mumbai on Thursday. Gavaskar said a match-winning performance capped with a century would be the icing on the cake for Samson.