New Delhi: Sanju Samson’s exclusion from the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2024 has divided the opinions on either side of the debate over the Kerala-born player’s participation in the traditional first-class competition. Let’s take a quick look at the numbers of Sanju Samson’s red-ball career below in this article.
Samson hasn’t played a single Test match for the Indian national men’s side, though he has played 30 T20 Internationals and 16 One-Day Internationals so far in his nine years of international cricket. The 29-year-old’s experience with the red cherry has come in the Indian domestic competitions.
Samson has featured in the ‘Whites’ for Kerala and South Zone teams in the red-ball competitions organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Rajasthan Royals captain, who played his age-group cricket for Delhi teams, made his first-class debut in 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season for Kerala against Vidarbha.
He scored his maiden first-class century (127 runs off 207 balls) against Himachal Pradesh in Amtar in November 2012. In the 2013-14 Ranji season, Samson finished with 530 runs at an average of just under 60, including a double-hundred in his first game. It followed by 475 runs in the next season, as noted by ESPNcricininfo. At the age of 20, Samson was appointed as Kerala captain for the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy season.
In December 2019, Samson (116) slammed his 10th FC ton, a scintillating one against Bengal on their home turf at the St. Xavier’s College Ground. This happens to be his last three-figure score in red-ball cricket, which also helped him complete 3000 first-class runs.
How many first-class runs Sanju Samson has scored?
Sanju Samson has played 62 first-class matches and 102 innings between 2011 and 2024. The Kerala wicketkeeper-batter has scored 3623 runs at an average of 38.54 with the help of 16 half-centuries and 10 centuries. In the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy season, Samson scored 177 runs from six innings while playing five matches with his best score being 57 against Chattisgarh in Raipur.
Sanju Samson has featured in the ‘Whites’ for Kerala and South Zone teams in the red-ball competitions organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Rajasthan Royals captain, who played his age-group cricket for Delhi teams, made his first-class debut in 2011-12 Ranji Trophy season for Kerala against Vidarbha. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
