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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

Rajasthan Royals shocked the world by winning IPL 2008 with lesser-known players but have failed to win the title again ever since

Updated On: 28 Oct 2024 | 2:44 PM IST

India vs Bangladesh live match during the three-match T20 International series will begin at 7 PM IST. Jio Cinema will live stream IND vs BAN T20 series in nine languages, including Hindi and English.

Updated On: 02 Oct 2024 | 9:10 AM IST

Kishan was included in India D side, which is being captained by Shreyas Iyer. They will face India C at Anantapur in the opening round

Updated On: 05 Sep 2024 | 9:28 AM IST

The Indian Cricket team will start their new era of T20I cricket under coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Suryakumar Yadav with the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Updated On: 26 Jul 2024 | 7:20 PM IST

The new head coach of India Gautam Gambhir will have the difficult task of choosing between Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson for the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka starting from Saturday

Updated On: 25 Jul 2024 | 4:42 PM IST

IPL 2024 highlights, Qualifier 2 SRH vs RR: Abhishek Sharma took two wickets while Shahbaz Ahmed took three as part-timers helped restrict Rajastthan to 139 and win the game by 36 runs for Hyderabad

Updated On: 24 May 2024 | 11:33 PM IST

India have named a strong 15-member contingent and four travelling reserves to be led by Rohit Sharma for T20I cricket's showpiece even

Updated On: 23 May 2024 | 10:48 AM IST

There is a bug in the dressing room, lots of coughs and a lot of people are a bit unwell, says Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson

Updated On: 23 May 2024 | 9:36 AM IST

Here are the key matchups to look out for in this game with stars like Virat Kohli, Trent Boult, Glenn Maxwell, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Sanju Samson on display

Updated On: 21 May 2024 | 10:20 PM IST

IPL 2024: Virat Kohli is likely to win the orange cap while Harshal Patel might get tough competition from KKR's spinner Varun Chakaravarthy and SRH's pacer T Natarajan

Updated On: 21 May 2024 | 6:12 PM IST

Indian Premier League 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders highlights: As rain has the last saying, the match in Guwahati was abandoned without a ball bowled. RR finished in third position

Updated On: 19 May 2024 | 11:40 PM IST

Indian Premier League 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings highlights: PBKS beat RR by five wickets as their skipper Sam Curran hit an unbeaten fifty to chase down a 145 on a tough wicket

Updated On: 15 May 2024 | 11:49 PM IST

His moment came after delicate knocks on the door in the past became a loud thud during this IPL where Samson has so far scored 385 runs from nine matches at a strike-rate of 161.08

Updated On: 30 Apr 2024 | 9:17 PM IST

Indian Premier League 2024 Kolkata KInight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Jos Buttler scored 107* off 60 to take Royals to the joint highest successful run chase in history of IPL

Updated On: 17 Apr 2024 | 12:11 AM IST

Despite chasing 148, Rajasthan made heavy weather of the target before crossing the line in the second last ball of the match, and Samson admitted they were tensed

Updated On: 14 Apr 2024 | 6:08 PM IST

Indian Premier League 2024 Punjab Kings vs Rajasthan Royals Highlights: Shimron Hetmyer scored 10-ball 28 to take Royals past the winning line in a low-scoring thriller at Mullanpur

Updated On: 13 Apr 2024 | 11:53 PM IST

Indian Premier League 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans highlights: Rashid Khan and Rahul Tewati smashed 28 off 14 balls as Titans stole a thrilling 3-wicket win from the Royals at Jaipur

Updated On: 11 Apr 2024 | 12:22 AM IST

Indian Premier League 2024: Rajasthan Royals have made the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur their fortress, not losing even a single game out of the three that they have played

Updated On: 09 Apr 2024 | 7:39 PM IST

This statement from Manjrekar came in light of alleged booing that Pandya has received in the last two matches as captain of the MI team in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad

Updated On: 01 Apr 2024 | 8:12 PM IST

Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Capitals Playing 11: Anirch Nortje replaced Shai Hope while Mukesh Kumar came in for injured Ishant Sharma in the Capitals playing 11. Royals made no changes

Updated On: 29 Mar 2024 | 6:15 PM IST