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Sanju Samson

Date of Birth: November 11, 1994

Country: India

Role: Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style: Right-handed batsman

Teams: India, Kolkata Knight Riders, India U19, Kerala, East Zone, South Zone, Rajasthan Royals, India A, Indians, India AT20, Delhi Capitals, Indian Board Presidents XI

Sanju Samson is Indian cricket, who represents Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He bats right-handed and recognized as one of best wicket keepers in India. He belongs to Kerala and made his first-class debut against Vidarbha at the age of 17. He is the youngest batsman to score 1,000 runs in the IPL and the youngest cricketer to captain a Ranji trophy side.

Domestic career

Samson made his debut for Kerala in Ranji Trophy on November 3, 2011, and was made captain of the side during the 2015-16 season. On October 12, 2019, he scored the fastest double century in List-A cricket during the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Kerala and Goa. He scored unbeaten 212 runs from 129 balls.

IPL career

He was part of the Kolkata Knight Riders players' pool during the 2012 season but did not play a single match. In 2013, he was signed by Rajasthan Royals and made his debut after wicket-keeper Dishant Yagnik failed to recover from an injury. In the same IPL season, he won the best young player award. He was retained by Rajasthan Royals for the 2014 and 2015 season. In 2016, he was bagged by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) for Rs 4.2 crore. He scored his maiden IPL century in IPL 2017 on April 11, 2017, against Rising Pune Supergiants at Maharastra Cricket Association, Pune. In IPL 2018 players auction, he was again bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 8 crore. In IPL 2019, he scored his second IPL century against Sunrisers Hyderabad, hitting an unbeaten 102 off 55 balls, including 10 fours and 4 sixes. In 93 matches, he has piled up 2,209 runs at an average of 27.61 and a strike rate of 130.25, including 10 fifties and two centuries.

T20 International career

Sanju Samson was selected in the Indian squad as a back-up wicketkeeper for the five-match bilateral series against England for ODIs on August 5, 2014, but failed to make it to the India playing-XI in any match.

Samson was frequently called to the national team but never made it to the playing XI, until he made his international debut against Zimbabwe at Harare, in 2015. In October 2019, he was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh. In November 2019 he was again called to the T20I series against West Indies vs India, after an injury to Shikhar Dhawan.

He was selected for the T20I series of the India tour of New Zealand and was part of the playing eleven as an opener. Though he couldn't create the desired impact with the bat, his acrobatic catch in the deep made people took note of his fielding prowess.

SANJU SAMSON NEWS

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Highlights: Dasun Shanaka levels series in Pune
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Highlights: It was the all-round show of Dasun Shanaka coupled with fifty from Kusal Mendis and early ...| January 05, 2023, Thursday
IND vs SL 2nd T20I: Toss details; Predicted playing XI of India, Sri Lanka
India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both India and Sri ...| January 05, 2023, Thursday
Samson ruled out on advice of medical team, Jitesh is his replacement: BCCI
The BCCI on Thursday said it has called up Vidarbha wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma after Sanju Samson was ruled out of the ...| January 05, 2023, Thursday
IND vs SL 1st T20I: Toss update, India Predicted XI vs Sri Lanka in Mumbai
India vs New Zealand 1st T20I, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both India and Sri ...| January 02, 2023, Monday
IND vs SL T20I: Hardik's problem of permutation & combination in playing XI
In a year where ODIs are going to be crucial, the focus is not on the T20s, therefore Hardik and the Indian management could get ...| January 02, 2023, Monday
Samson's unbeaten 86 in vain as India lose to SA by 9 runs in 1st ODI
Below-par death bowling coupled with ordinary fielding and batting, except for Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer, hurt a ...| October 06, 2022, Thursday
Ind vs SA 1st ODI preview: Opportunity for players to make a statement
Middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer, who is part of the reserves named for the T20 World Cup, will serve as Dhawan's deputy in the ...| October 06, 2022, Thursday
Samson misses out: Locals plan protest against BCCI in Thiruvananthapuram
Netizens are also questioning the selectors' decision that how the young wicket-keeper batter got ignored yet again| September 14, 2022, Wednesday
ZIM vs IND 3rd ODI Highlights: Raza's ton in vain as India win a thriller
Zimbabwe vs India third ODI Highlights: Sikandar Raza finally showed his class, scoring brilliant 115 (94 balls) to almost see ...| August 22, 2022, Monday
IND Vs ZIM 3rd ODI: Predicted Playing XI, Timing, and Pitch Report
India Cricket team to eye for another clean sweep as they face Zimbabwe in the final match of the One Day International series at ...| August 22, 2022, Monday

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