Sanju samson

Also Read: | Sanju’s cricketing career moved ahead in 2021 when he was named RR’s skipper. The right-hand batter took one season to assemble a great side and almost won the 2nd title for Rajasthan in 2022. Meanwhile, in recent events, Rajasthan’s Royals trainer anonymously revealed that in 2021, when Samson took command of the team, he advised him to leave the Royals for a bigger team. “In 2021, I told Sanju to leave Rajasthan and join a bigger franchise, but he replied that he wants to make RR a big team. It was his idea to rope big players like Ashwin, Chahal, and Prasidh Krishna into the team, ” said RR’s trainer to Sports Vikatan. The trainer further revealed that Sanju is like the second MS Dhoni to him, as the 28-year-old cricketer gives away two crores out of his 15 crores salary to help young and talented cricketers.

Batting Stats View All Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St ODIs 11 10 330 315 5 66.00 104.76 0 2 86 25 15 7 2 T20Is 17 16 301 225 1 20.06 133.77 0 1 77 23 13 9 2 T20s 240 233 5977 4490 25 28.73 133.11 3 38 119 483 264 123 25 LISTAs 115 108 3014 3335 15 32.40 90.37 1 17 212 256 91 116 15 FIRSTCLASS 58 96 3446 5928 7 38.71 58.13 10 15 211 397 81 79 7 • • • • • • • • • Sanju Viswanath Samson is one of the brightest shining star on the Indian cricketing horizon. The wicket-keeper batsman oozes class and maturity when he takes the guard in the middle. Though some tough competition in the Indian side has eluded him the long run he deserves, Samson , without an iota of doubt is the most complete wicket-keeper batsman in the circuit. Sanju began his career by training in Delhi where his father was stationed as a Police Constable, however, he soon moved to Thiruvananthpuram and started making waves with his compact yet nonchalant game. His impressive technique combined with an ability to time the ball first earned him a place in Kerala's U-19 team and a consistent outing in the Cooch Behar Trophy (domestic U-19 championship) elevated him into India's team for the U-19 Asia Cup in 2012. Sanju Samson: Along the years Year Age Achievement 2011 17 First class debut for Kerala 2012 18 Joined Kolkata Knight Riders 2013 19 Maiden double hundred in Ranji Trophy 2013 19 Snaffled up by Rajasthan Royals 2015 21 T20I debut against Zimbabwe 2016 22 Went to 2017 23 Maiden IP...

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson may not have been able to cement his place in the Indian cricket team, but his actions off the field continue to win over cricket fans. Samson’s trainer has disclosed that the 28-year-old spends 2 crores of his 15 crore income from the Indian Premier League on talented young cricketers. The trainer went on to explain that he advised Sanju Samson to quit the Rajasthan Royals and go with a big league team, but he insisted that he would make the Rajasthan Royals big. “I told Sanju Samson to join some big teams in IPL after 2021 but he replied that I want to make Rajasthan Royals a big team, he further told that let’s bring big players like Ashwin, Chahal, Prasidh into the team. He has the vision” The wicketkeeper-batter has excelled for both his national team and IPL squad, RR. Samson was given a couple chances in the ODI team and performed admirably, hitting 330 runs in 11 games at an average of 66, but the tough opposition and lack of 50-over cricket meant that he never received a long rope. T20 was the format in which Sanju might have thrived, but he was benched for his inability to perform. Sanju Samson joined the Rajasthan Royals in 2013 and has since developed into one of the team’s most important players. He was given the charge of leading the team in 2021, and he took them to the final game the following year before losing against Gujarat Titans. However, in the IPL 2023 season, he was unable to lead his side to the playoff rounds.

Rajasthan Royals' (RR) fans ended up getting a night to remember during the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). RR came into the match needing a win to end a wretched run of form they were on and bolster their chances of making it past the league stage. Not only did they win the game, they brushed aside the opposition, largely thanks to a blistering 98 not out off 47 balls by young opener Samson blocking a wide to let Yashasvi Jaiswal get to his hundred Jaiswal went for the big hits from literally the first ball of the innings after Yuzvendra Chahal's four-wicket haul helped RR restrict KKR to a score of 149/8. He started off by hitting two sixes off the first two balls of the innings and ended up taking a whopping 26 runs off the first over. Jaiswal eventually While Jos Buttler ended up falling for a duck, captain Sanju Samson eventually started hitting as freely as Jaiswal and the competition in the end really became about whether the latter can get to a century or not before the end of the chase. Also Read | It came to a point where Jaiswal got off strike and reached 94 with RR needing just three runs to win and with one ball remaining in the 13th over. Samson himself was on 48 off 28 at the time and the bowler Suyash seemed to have sent the ball in wide down the leg side. Samson, however, moved his front leg all the way and blocked the ball before seemingly asking Samson to just hit a six and end the match himself. The gesture was one ...

Sanju Samson came into reckoning with his gritty knocks for Rajasthan Royals in his debut season. The wicketkeeper-batter from Kerala was groomed by Rahul Dravid into a tough campaigner. He joined the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) squad in 2016 and played some crucial innings during his two seasons before moving back to Rajasthan Royals. Sanju scored 342 runs in IPL 2019 and then followed it up with 375 runs in the IPL 2020. He was handed over the captain’s hat in the 2021 season. Samson led from the front and finished as RR's highest run-getter with 484 runs from 14 innings. He continued his good form in the 2022 edition and helped the Royals reach the final, scoring 458 runs at an average of 28.62 (third-highest run-getter for RR). He would be looking to go one step ahead and clinch the trophy this time around. Bats Bowls Bio A 22-year old opening batsman who hails from Pune, Ruturaj Gaikwad has been a consistent performer for his state team Maharashtra. He was the highest run-getter for Maharashtra in the league stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19. At the IPL 2019 Player Auction, the Chennai Super Kings secured his services at his base price of INR 20 lacs.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Wiki/Biography Sanju Viswanath Samson was born on 11 November 1994 ( age 28 years; as of 2022) in Pulluvila, Vizhinjam, Trivandrum. His zodiac sign is Scorpio. Since childhood, Samson was passionate about cricket. Sanju spent his early childhood in the Police residential colony in the North Delhi neighbourhood of GTB Nagar. He attended Rosary Senior Secondary School, Delhi. Coach Yashpal trained Samson at his DAV School academy in West Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh. Sanju studied in Delhi till Class 7. At 11, Sanju appeared for trials for the Delhi U-13 team for Dhruv Pandove TrophyF. Although his father, Viswanath, was confident that Sanju would make it, they were disappointed when Sanju’s name was missing from the roster on the notice board outside Feroz Shah Kotla stadium. The father and son were shocked to see the boys who seemingly fared poorly had managed to get in. Upset by the unfair treatment, Viswanath consoled his son over a pizza while returning home and decided to return to their ancestral house in coastal Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram. He started training under Ranji coach Biju Varghese (Biju George) at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College ground. Sanju Samson with his coach Biju George In Thiruvananthapuram, he attended St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School. Thereafter, he pursued a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram. In Kerala, he gained recognition in junior cricket. Former Indian...

Kerala batter Sanju Samson has been retained by his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Rajasthan Royals ahead of the mega auction, which is slated to be held before the next edition of the cash-rich tournament. According to news agency ANI, the names of the other players retained by Rajasthan Royals will be disclosed in the next few days. Samson had made his second debut for Rajasthan Royals in 2018. He was named the captain of the side earlier this year before the start of IPL 2021. The right-handed batter scored a magnificent century in his first IPL match as captain. How much money will Samson make in IPL 2022? According to a report on ESPN, Samson has reached a contract with Rajasthan Royals where the franchise has agreed to pay the wicketkeeper-batter a hefty amount of Rs. 14 crores per season. Samson was signed by the Royals for Rs. 8 crores in 2018. With the rise in pay, Samson has become one of the highest-paid domestic cricketers in the Indian Premier League. Samson had made his IPL debut back in 2013 with Rajasthan Royals; however, after spending two seasons with the franchise, he made a move to Delhi Daredevils. Retention rules for IPL 2022 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has approved the retention of up to four players by the existing eight teams ahead of the IPL 2022 super auction. The teams are permitted to keep a maximum of three Indian players or a minimum of two Indians if they are also keeping two overseas cricketers. There are severa...

Samson, who joined the Royals for the second time in 2018, has been a consistent member of the team. As per RR trainer Rajamani Prabhu, there Samson had the opportunity to join a different team but he decided to stay out of his loyalty. "I told Sanju Samson to join some big teams in IPL after 2021 but he replied that I want to make Rajasthan Royals a big team, he further told that let's bring big players like Ashwin, Chahal, Prasidh into the team. He has the vision," he said on Rajasthan Royals trainer said "I told Sanju Samson to join some big teams in IPL after 2021 but he replied that I want to make Rajasthan Royals a big team, he further told that let's bring big players like Ashwin, Chahal, Prasidh into the team. He has the vision". [Sports… Rajamani also revealed that Samson had captaincy offers from three IPL franchises but he turned them down. "Before 2022 Auction, Sanju Samson got a captaincy offer from three big IPL franchises. He stayed in RR because of his commitment and loyalty. I can bet you that 99% of players would've jumped boats with the kind of offer he had on his plate," he revealed.