As Indian cricketer and captain of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, Sanju Samson, celebrates his birthday on Friday, the BCCI extended wishes to the wicket-keeper batsman.
Taking to Twitter, BCCI wrote, “Here’s wishing @IamSanjuSamson a very happy birthday.”
Here's wishing @IamSanjuSamson a very happy birthday. 🎂 👏#TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/fxyHp7gLJx
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 11, 2021
On Thursday, India lost to England by 10 wickets in the T20 world cup. Following India’s loss, Indian cricket team selectors are being criticised for not including players like Samson and Prithvi Shaw in the team.
A right-handed wicket-keeper-batter, Sanju Samson was the vice-captain of the Indian U-19 team for the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his India debut in the 2015 away T20I against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut in 2021 against Sri Lanka.
Sanju started his cricketing career in Delhi and later moved to Kerala. After creating waves in junior cricket, he made his first-class debut for Kerala in 2011. He made his IPL debut in 2013 for Rajasthan Royals and won the Emerging Player of the Year. He scored an unbeaten 212 in the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy in the sixth instance an Indian scored a double-century in List A cricket, which is also the second-fastest double ton in the format.
