“Sreesanth took me to court”. My source was David Sir’.The chance encounters that led Samson to RR. Samson recalled how he earned his first RR contract by winning the legendary Rahul Dravid over before RR’s away game against RCB.
Sanju Samson has long been associated with the Rajasthan Royals. Samson has played for Rajasthan Royals in more IPL games than any other player. Samson has the most runs scored for Rajasthan in the IPL.
Additionally, he is currently second only to the late great Shane Warne in terms of appearances made while captaining RR in the IPL.
However, this is only his second assignment with Rajasthan. Samson played for Rajasthan prior to signing a two-season IPL contract with the Delhi franchise.
Before the away match against RCB, Samson recalled how he got his first RR contract by winning over the legendary Rahul Dravid.
Samson was a member of the player pool that KKR named in 2009 before the IPL season that year. He recently revealed that veteran Indian cricketer Sreesanth, a teammate from Kerala had also joined the franchise that year and had taken him for RR trials.
But not because of those five sixes, I’m a big fan of his. A huge “Team India” comment for Rinku from an ex-BCCI selector.
The Indian star admitted that during the two-day trial while being closely observed by Dravid and Paddy Upton, he gave a performance unlike any other. Dravid approached him shortly after was impressed and offered him a chance to play for RR.
“Sreesanth drove me to the RR trials. David was there. And there was Paddy Upton. Given that I had no idea what kind of players they were seeking, I had low expectations going into the trials.
Although the trial only lasted two days, it was very noteworthy because I’d never batted that well before. “You are definitely doing great,” Rahul sir said when he arrived. That question coming from Rahul sir gave me a lot of confidence. “Would you like to play for RR?”.
After spending three seasons with the team, Samson moved to Delhi before returning to Rajasthan in 2018. After being selected as the team’s captain in 2021, he led them to their first IPL championship since their victorious run in 2008.
