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Sanju Viswanath Samson

born 11 November 1994

sanju samson is an Indian international cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket and captains Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He was the vice-captain of the Indian Under-19 team for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and 2013 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup.

Sanju was included in the Indian squad for the limited-overs matches for the 2014 tour of England. He debuted in Twenty20 International (T20I) against Zimbabwe at Harare, on July 19 2015. Sanju scored an unbeaten 212 in 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy in the sixth instance when an Indian scored a double-century in List A cricket which is also the second fastest double ton in List A cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 23 July 2021 against Sri Lanka.

Indian Premier League

Captain of Rajasthan Royals

Sanju made his Champions League Twenty20 debut for Rajasthan Royals against the Mumbai Indians on 21 September 2013 and scored 54 off 47 balls thus becoming the youngest player to score a half-century in the CLT20.

Sanju was named by Kolkata Knight Riders in its pool of 56 players prior to 2009 Indian Premier League. He was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of 2012 Indian Premier League but did not get to play and was released ahead of the 2013 season. He was signed to play for Rajasthan Royals in 2013 and made his IPL debut for Rajasthan against Kings XI Punjab on 14 April 2013 after the team's regular wicket-keeper Dishant Yagnik failed to recover from an injury. Sanju after his match-winning half-century against RCB, becoming the youngest player to score a half-century in IPL In his second match, he scored 63 runs from 41 balls becoming the youngest player in IPL to score a half-century. He won the Best Young Player award of 2013 season with 206 runs and six stumpings from 10 innings..

Playing style

Sanju is an aggressive and flamboyant batsman.He is considered an excellent timer of the ball who mostly sticks to his range between cover and fine-leg.He is often hailed as a natural talent with quality batting techniques and wicket-keeping skills.Equipped with fast hands, powerful forearms and excellent hand-eye coordination he prefers to stay still at the crease and rarely moves down the track to play shots and play aerial shots without moving his head His power has been compared to powerful stroke-makers such as Rohit Sharma and AB de Villiers who can middle the ball to play shots with seemingly minimal effort. His batting style has been described as "fearless" in Twenty20 cricket.However, he has a weakness against short of a length deliveries.