The wicket-keeper batsman from Kerala; Sanju Samson has been one of the most talented prospects in the country. He has been a star attraction in the Indian Premier League (IPL) playing for Rajasthan Royals. Recently, the wicket-keeper batsman has recalled an incident when his dream come true.
Sanju was making the right noises with the bat in the domestic cricket playing for Kerala. The clean striker of the cricket ball, Samson was knocking the doors of the national team. In the wake of consistent scores, Sanju Samson attended a trial in the Rajasthan Royals camp in 2013.
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Every budding cricketer dreams of playing in the IPL and Samson was no different. The 25-year-old recalled an incident from the trials when the then Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid called Samson and asked him to play for his team. Incidentally, that was also the last year for Dravid with the Royals.
“Rahul bhai and Zubin Bharucha were supervising the trials for Rajasthan Royals. I played a really good knock there, at the end of the second day, Rahul bhai came to me and asked, “Would you play for my team?”. It was like a dream for me, to have Rahul bhai come and ask me to play for him,” Samson shared during a conversation with Ish Sodhi.
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Sanju Samson managed to accumulate 206 runs including a fifty in his debut IPL season. The fifty that year made him the youngest player to score a half-century in IPL. Praising Rahul Dravid, Samson labelled him the modest person who has helped him every day to develop the game.
“At the IPL also I didn’t play the first six games. I would always talk to him (Dravid) and other senior players like Watson, Hodge and learn from them. Even today if I call him and ask for help, he’s always there to help me. Rahul sir is the most modest person I have ever met who is available for every cricketer at any time,” Samson concluded.