There are less than 2 months left for the start of T20 World Cup 2026, but the problem of the batting line-up of the Indian team has not been solved. On one hand, due to the exclusion of Rinku Singh, the role of finisher within the team has become a matter of concern. In the first T20 match against South Africa in Cuttack, Jitesh Sharma was given the responsibility of wicketkeeper, while Sanju Samson, who was playing the role of wicketkeeper in the T20 team for 2 years, had to sit out.

This fact is not hidden from anyone that after the arrival of Gautam Gambhir, there has been a glut of all-rounder players in the middle order. In such a situation, only one slot remains vacant, on which a wicketkeeper or a finisher can be brought. It is very important to have a wicketkeeper in the team, but when Samson was ignored in Cuttack and Jitesh Sharma was played, many people were shocked. Jitesh Sharma himself has given a statement on this subject.

Samson like my big brother

Jitesh Sharma said in the post-match conference after the first T20 match, “To be honest, he is like an elder brother to me. Having more competition brings out your talent. It is also good for the team. There is a lot of talent in the team, you can also feel it.”

Jitesh Sharma further said, “Sanju bhaiya is a great player. I will have to compete with him, if that happens, I will have to give my best. We both are trying to play for Team India. We are like brothers. We have played a lot of cricket together and help me a lot. If I have to compete with him, play shoulder to shoulder, then I will have to show my A game.”

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Sanju Samson will captain the Kerala team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This tournament is going to start from 26th November. Recently, Samson was in the news regarding IPL trade, who has now left Rajasthan Royals and joined Chennai Super Kings. Now before the IPL auction, he will be seen captaining the Kerala team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Sanju’s brother Sally Samson has also got a place in the Kerala squad. The pair of brothers were earlier seen playing together in the Kerala Cricket League. Let us remind you that Sally Samson captained the Kochi Blue Tigers team in season 2 of the Kerala Cricket League.

Apart from the Samson brothers, Ahmed Imran has got a place in the Kerala team, who will be the vice-captain of the team. Vignesh Puthur and Vishnu Vinod, who played for Mumbai Indians in IPL, have also got a place in the team. Akhil Scaria, the bowler who took the most wickets in the last two seasons of KCL, is also a part of the squad, but Sachin Baby has not been able to get a place.

Kerala has been placed in Group A along with Chandigarh, Odisha, Vidarbha, Railways, Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai. The first match of Sanju Samson and Company will be with Odisha on 26th November and all the matches of Kerala will be played in Lucknow. Some players will leave for Lucknow on November 23, while other players will reach Lucknow from Indore, where the Kerala team played its last Ranji Trophy match with Madhya Pradesh.

Last season, Kerala could not even progress beyond the group stage in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This time Sanju Samson would like to change the fortunes of the team under his captaincy.

Kerala Squad: Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Rohan Kunnummal, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ahmed Imran (vice-captain), Vishnu Vinod (wicketkeeper), Krishna Dewan, Abdul Bajith, Sally Samson, Salman Nizar, Krishna Prasad, Sibin P Girish, Ankit Sharma, Akhil Scaria, Biju Narayanan, Asif KM, MD Nidhish, Vignesh Puthur, Sharafuddin NM.

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Sanju Samson will play with MS Dhoni in Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026). BCCI has made its official announcement, after which Sanju Samson made 2 posts. The first post was about separation from Rajasthan Royals and the second was about joining Chennai Super Kings.

Sanju Samson has joined Chennai Super Kings from Rajasthan Royals through a trade deal before the auction. His salary in CSK is only Rs 18 crore, which was also in Rajasthan Royals in the last edition. Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, who were included in CSK, have been traded to Rajasthan Royals.

Sanju Samson’s first reaction on joining CSK

Sanju Samson posted a post on social media, in which he is resting on the beach. He is wearing a yellow colored hand band (which is also the color of CSK). In the caption, she wrote, “Vanakkam” and shared a yellow heart. Let us tell you that Vanakkam is a Tamil word, which means Hello in Hindi.

Earlier, while sharing a post with Rajasthan Royals, he wrote, “We are only here for a short time. Gave our all to this franchise, enjoyed great cricket, made some life-long relationships, treated everyone at the franchise like my family. And when the time comes, that’s when I move on. I will be forever grateful for everything.”

CSK will be Sanju Samson’s third IPL team

Sanju Samson started his IPL career by playing with Rajasthan Royals, he stayed in Rajasthan from 2013 to 2015. Samson played for Delhi Capitals in 2016 and 2017, he returned to Rajasthan in 2018. He has played 177 matches in IPL, in which he has 4704 runs in his name. Samson has 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif claimed that Sanju Samson has been dropped from the T20 team. Kaif’s words seem to be proving true, because after the fourth match, he did not get a chance even in the fifth T20 (IND vs AUS 5th T20) match against Australia. Actually, in the third T20 match played in Melbourne, Samson was given a chance at number-3, but he was out after scoring only 2 runs. Since then, speculations were being made that Samson might be dropped from the T20 team.

Sanju Samson was performing very well as an opener, but after Shubman Gill’s return to the team, Samson’s batting order has changed repeatedly. As an opener, Samson also scored three centuries in T20.

Samson was opening the Bangladesh series last year. After that he scored 417 runs in 12 innings, during which he also scored 3 centuries with his bat. When he got a chance at number-3 against Oman in the Asia Cup, he played an inning of 56 runs. After that, his batting order was changed and he was sent to number five, after which his rhythm appeared to be deteriorating. Samson has not been in the Test and ODI team for a long time, so being out of the T20 team would be like the end of his career.

What did captain Suryakumar Yadav say on the batting line-up?

At the time of toss in the fifth T20 match played in Brisbane, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said, “All the batsmen have to understand that this is not a 200-run pitch. Everything went well for us in the last match and winning a bilateral series is always a good experience. It also has to be kept in mind that you want to go with a good combination. This is a format where apart from the opening batsmen, all the players will have to show flexibility in the batting position.”

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Before the IPL 2026 mini auction, Sanju Samson had demanded his release from the RR franchise. It is being told that Samson’s relations with Rajasthan Royals management are bad since the Rajasthan team released Jos Buttler before the 2025 mega auction. Meanwhile, CSK was the first team to show interest in trading Samson, but later dropped out of the race.

Will CSK trade Sanju Samson?

According to a report published in Cricbuzz, now CSK has again joined the race to trade Sanju Samson. CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan has confirmed that MS Dhoni will be available for the next season. Each team is allowed to retain 15 players before the auction.

It was told in the report that Dhoni is contributing in making the retention list of CSK. He can meet Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Vishwanathan, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and coach Stephen Fleming very soon. Their meeting may be held on 10th and 11th November, in which a final decision regarding retention is possible. By that time the franchise would have clarified the situation regarding the trade of Sanju Samson.

Four teams in the race for Samson!

According to Cricbuzz, there have been talks between RR and CSK management regarding the trade of Sanju Samson. It would also not be surprising if a top CSK player is traded in place of Samson. Rajasthan Royals team owner Manoj Badale has recently returned to Mumbai from London. They are discussing all options to trade Samson and have also come in contact with Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and CSK management.

The talks between CSK and RR management have gone so far that Super Kings management has even sent a notice to one of its top players. He has been asked whether he has any objection to going to Rajasthan Royals or not. The situation seems to be completely clear in the next few days.

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Sanju Samson may be removed from the T20 team. There is news that if Samson is not able to do well, then the Indian team management can turn to Rishabh Pant for wicketkeeper in T20. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Samson has scored three centuries in T20, but after coming to the middle order, his bat has remained silent. He was given a chance at number-3 in the second T20 against Australia, but was out after scoring only 2 runs.

According to Telecom Asia Sport, the team management led by Gautam Gambhir wants Rishabh Pant to be made the wicketkeeper in all formats. Samson’s form remains a matter of concern for Team India. This year he has been able to score only 185 runs in 10 innings, and the strike rate during this period has been around 121.

The source said that Gautam Gambhir wants good results, in such a situation only regular good performance will be able to secure Samson’s place. The report also revealed that if Samson is not able to perform impressively in the next series, then it will be difficult for him to make a place in the World Cup team.

Samson has not played Test and ODI matches for a long time, so if he is dropped from the T20 team too, it would be like ending his career. Because after being dropped it will be very difficult for him to make a comeback.

Rishabh Pant has returned

Rishabh Pant suffered a fracture in his toe during the Test series against England. Pant has finally made a comeback after 3 months of recovery. He is currently captaining India A in the unofficial Test series against South Africa A. Pant has not played any T20 match after July 2024, during which he has been given the vice-captaincy of the Test team.

One reason for the decline in Samson’s form is that after the return of Shubman Gill, he was suddenly kept in the middle order from the opening. Since then, Samson has been unable to play big innings.

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Sanju is in danger in Samson’s playing XI, Samson will not be able to play in the top order in the Asia Cup. Some similar rumors have caught fire before the Asia Cup, but they are proving all these rumors wrong. In the Kerala Cricket League 2025, his bat is blowing fire, he has scored a century and 3 half-century in the last four innings. Now he has played a rampage of 83 runs against the Elippi Repulses team.

The team of Elippi Repulses scored 176 runs while playing first. In response, Kochi Blue Tigers won this match by 3 wickets with 10 balls remaining. Sanju Samson opened a stormy innings of 83 runs in 41 balls while opening. In this shocking innings, he hit 2 fours and 9 sixes. The wickets continued to fall from the other end, but 83 runs of Samson made a big contribution in giving the Kochi team a significant victory of 3 wickets.

355 runs in the last four innings

Sanju Samson has so far scored 368 runs in 6 innings in the KCL 2025 season, but in the last four innings, he has wreaked havoc on the bowlers. Samson has scored 355 runs in the last 4 innings at an average of around 89, including a century and three half -centuries. Before the Asia Cup, this tremendous form of Samson can make the selectors think how to fit them in the playing XI.

Another interesting fact is that Samson’s bat is talking in just sixes. He has hit a total of 30 sixes in the league so far and he is batting at a stormy strike rate of about 190 this season. Talking about Samson’s team Kochi Blue Tigers, he sits on the top of the points table after 6 wins in 8 matches.

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Sanju Samson hit a stormy century in the Kerala Premier League on Sunday, completing a century in 42 balls. Playing for Kochi Blue Tiger, he played a brilliant innings of 121 runs in 51 balls, due to which his team won the mountain target of 237 runs and won by 4 wickets. Before the Asia Cup, this form of Sanju Samson is good news, but it must have increased the tension of Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav.

Kochi Blue Tigers had a target of 237 runs to win. Sanju Samson came to opening, he started putting brilliant shots as soon as he came. Sanju had completed his half -century in the first 16 balls, after which he scored a century in 42 balls. Samson hit 7 sixes and 14 fours in 51 balls in an innings of 121 runs.

After this, Muhammad Aashiq did not let Samson’s innings go inning by playing a 45 -run knock off 18 balls. In this innings, Muhammad hit 5 sixes and 3 fours. Kochi won this match on the last ball. Earlier, the Eries Kollam Sellorce scored 236 runs while batting first. Vishnu Vinod scored 94 off 41 balls and captain Sachin Baby scored a good innings of 91 runs in 44 balls.

Sanju Samson’s century before Asia Cup increased the captain’s tension

The Cricket Asia Cup will start in UAE from 9 September. Sanju Samson has been included in the Indian team, with him Jitesh Sharma is the second wicket keeper. It is almost certain that in the beginning Sanju Samson will be made part of the playing 11, but his batting position remains a question. Actually Samson has been coming opening with Abhishek Sharma for a long time, but it was when Shubman Gill was not playing.

Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar had said at the time of the team announcement that Sanju Samson was opening when Gill was not playing, now Gill is back. Shubman Gill has been elected as the vice -captain of Team India in the Asia Cup, it is almost certain that he will open with Abhishek Sharma. However, Sanju Samson has also hit a stormy century in Kerala Premier League as an opener and has also hit his claim for opening position.

Sanju Samson flopped at number six

In the match played earlier, Sanju Samson batted at number six, but he was flopped, he was able to score only 13 runs in 22 balls. But in the match played on Sunday, he played an amazing innings of 121 runs in 51 balls. Sanju has been opening international cricket for many time, he has scored a century in 3 in the last 10 innings. Now this century must have increased the tension of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav on which position they should be fed.

After the declaration of the Indian squad, how will Team India’s batting line-up be in the ‘Asia Cup’, this ‘topic’ has been fiercely debated. For the last one year, the T20 team was playing without Shubman Gill, but due to the sudden arrival of Gill for the Asia Cup, the batting line-up is sure to make up. Meanwhile, a very big hint has been found that Sanju Samson can be seen batting in the middle order in the Asia Cup. Actually this case is related to the Kerala Cricket League, in which Samson is playing for Kochi Blue Tigers.

Sanju Samson will not open in Asia Cup!

Samson has been opening for the Indian T20 team, but in a single match of the Kerala Cricket League, he has not yet opened. On Saturday, he was seen batting in the sixth order in the match against Elippi Reples. He came to bat on number-6, but could score only 13 runs in 22 balls.

There are speculations about the Asia Cup that Shubman Gill may open. In such a situation, Samson’s shift to the middle order just before the tournament can be said that they may have to leave their salute batting batting order due to Gill.

Sanju Samson has an equal experience of batting on sixth or lower order in international T20 cricket. At the same time, in the IPL too, he has batting very less on the lower order from number-4. If his batting order changes in the Asia Cup, it will be a big blow for Samson, because as an opener he scored 3 centuries within five innings for Team India.

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After the announcement of the Indian team for the Asia Cup 2025, now the biggest discussion is about the team combination. Especially Middle Order In wicket keeper The debate on the batsman’s place is fast, because in the team Shubman After gill’s return Sanju Samson Of Opening It is considered difficult to do. Now the team Management in front of Samson And Jitesh Sharma, both options exist. In such a situation, let’s see which of the two figures are better.

Sanju Samson Of tea20 Record

Samson Has played 38 T20 international innings so far, scoring 861 runs. their Strike Rate Has been 152.39, but Middle Order His performance has proved weak in. His average at number five is only 20.67. Samson Has scored just 62 runs in five innings. Playing an innings at number six Samson Done Just Have scored 12 runs. This is why they Finisher Not being considered reliable.

Jitesh Of T20 Record

Jitesh Although only seven international innings have played, but their Strike Rate It has been 147.06. Especially at number six, his performance has been impressive, where he scored 64 runs and 152.38 Strike Rate Get runs from IPL I also spent many times for the team Finisher Has played the role of At number six Jitesh Has scored 64 runs. Where their Strike Rate It has been 168.75, which is much better.

IPL In Middle Order In both players Record

Samson Of IPL Also at number-5 and 6 Record Nothing is special. At number-5 Samson 136 in 3 innings Strike Rate Has scored 34 runs from At number-6 there They 102.56 of 6 innings Strike Rate He has been able to score only 80 runs.

Talk there Jitesh So, both of them Position brilliant at Record Used to be. Jitesh About 169 in 18 innings at number-5 Strike Rate Has scored 374 runs from. At the same time on number-6, he has about 179 in 16 innings Strike Rate Have scored 405 runs from

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