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Sanju Samson

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Who is 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.
 

Latest Updates on Sanju Samson

Indian Premier League 2023 Highlights, Match Day 9: Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Capitals by 57 runs while the Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets to earn their second wins

Updated On: 09 Apr 2023 | 12:12 AM IST

Delhi Capitals are left with much to be done as none of their fiery foreigners Mitch Marsh, Riley Rossouw and David Warner have been able to blast off. Rajasthan must finish well in crunch situations

Updated On: 08 Apr 2023 | 10:36 AM IST

Indian Premier League Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Trent Boult's early strikes, Chahal's four wickets and fifties from Buttler, Jaiswal and Samson gave Royals a massive win

Updated On: 02 Apr 2023 | 7:45 PM IST

Sunrisers Hyderabad have had an overhaul, leaving aside their veteran players in David Warner, Rashid Khan and Kane Williamson. They are now a young team and are being led by Aiden Markram

Updated On: 02 Apr 2023 | 12:54 PM IST

Courtesy of the IPL mini-auction in December 2023, teams changed a few players in the lineup and as a result, their aims and ambitions have changed and so has the look and feel of the team

Updated On: 31 Mar 2023 | 7:30 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I Highlights: It was the all-round show of Dasun Shanaka coupled with fifty from Kusal Mendis and early strikes from Kasun Rajitha as Lanka powered over Axar Patel and Surya

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 10:57 PM IST

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20I, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both India and Sri Lanka for the second T20I of the three-match series

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 2:24 PM IST

Samson hurt his left knee while attempting to field a ball near the boundary ropes during the first T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday

Updated On: 05 Jan 2023 | 11:12 AM IST

India vs New Zealand 1st T20I, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both India and Sri Lanka for the first T20I of the three-match series

Updated On: 02 Jan 2023 | 10:10 PM IST

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 to do what they want to do

Updated On: 02 Jan 2023 | 8:42 PM IST

Below-par death bowling coupled with ordinary fielding and batting, except for Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer, hurt a second-string Indian team as it slumped to a nine-run defeat against South Africa

Updated On: 06 Oct 2022 | 11:17 PM IST

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 series

Updated On: 06 Oct 2022 | 10:41 AM IST

Netizens are also questioning the selectors' decision that how the young wicket-keeper batter got ignored yet again

Updated On: 14 Sep 2022 | 6:39 PM IST

Zimbabwe vs India third ODI Highlights: Sikandar Raza finally showed his class, scoring brilliant 115 (94 balls) to almost see Zimbabwe home in a thriller against India which the latter won by 13 runs

Updated On: 22 Aug 2022 | 9:16 PM IST

India Cricket team to eye for another clean sweep as they face Zimbabwe in the final match of the One Day International series at Harare Sports Club. Read this article to know everything

Updated On: 22 Aug 2022 | 9:39 AM IST

Wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson on Friday replaced an indisposed KL Rahul in India's T20I squad for the ongoing series against the West Indies, the BCCI said.

Updated On: 29 Jul 2022 | 6:21 PM IST

Half-centuries from Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson and Axar Patel helped Team India win the second ODI of the three-match series against West Indies by two wickets at Queens Park Oval stadium

Updated On: 25 Jul 2022 | 8:35 AM IST

West Indies vs India 1st ODI Preview: The young Indian team led by an experienced Shikhar Dhawan will be looking to grab their chances in the three-match ODI series against struggling West Indies

Updated On: 22 Jul 2022 | 2:26 PM IST

The only new face in the side is Maharashtra right-hand batter Rahul Tripathi

Updated On: 15 Jun 2022 | 9:46 PM IST

GT vs RR IPL Final Highlights: Skipper Hardik Pandya's all-round show, backed by a good showing from Shubman Gill, helped Gujarat Titans chase down 131 against Rajasthan to become IPL 2022 Champions

Updated On: 30 May 2022 | 12:05 AM IST