"sanju-samson"

The young all-rounder Parag will take charge in the opening fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 23, followed by home encounters against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26 and five-time champions Chennai Super Kings on March 30

In a conversation with JioHotstar, Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson recalled that after observing him in the nets, Dravid approached him and asked, "Okay, can you play for my team?"

Samson also heaped praise on 13-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi and said that it should be all about understanding his strengths, backing him and being there for him like an elder brother

Samson, who had a poor series against England and is not a part of the ODI set-up, was hit off the third ball bowled by Archer which was close to 150 click

India's 15-run win in the fourth T20I at Pune on Friday gave the hosts an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match affair but left England exasperated over the choice of the concussion replacement who played an impactful role

In the current rubber, Samson has had scores of 26, 5 and 3 and it is not these numbers that are concerning

India will face England from January 22 at Kolkata and the rubber will culminate on February 2 at Mumbai

India ends this year's T20I campaign by winning all bilateral series along with the T20 World Cup triumph and victory percentage of 92

Sanju Samson looks to continue his domination of the bowlers but India need more stability in the top order

I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say," says the wicketkeeper after collecting his player of the match award following India's 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I

Indian captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday backed the retention of national team players in the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 while franchise skipper Hardik Pandya summed it up as "five fingers but one fist".

Tharoor, a long-time supporter of Samson, felicitated the wicketkeeper-batter during a special ceremony at his residence on Monday, where he presented him with a blue ‘ponnada’ (shawl).

Thanks the leadership group for guiding him through dark phases of self-doubt, giving him another chance to prove his worth

Samson hammered 8 sixes and 11 fours to make 111 off only 47 balls while also recording the second-fastest T20I ton by an Indian — off just 40 balls

Samson and Suryakumar brought out fireworks ranging from splendid to brutal in their 173-run stand at a run-rate of 15.04 to leave Bangladesh shellshocked, as India posted its highest-ever T20I total. It is also the highest score posted by a full member of the ICC.

Both wickets were pretty good to bat but as a team we didn't play to our best potential, says the pacer

Rinku blasted 53 runs off 29 balls at No 5 while forming a crucial 108-run partnership off 49 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy (74)

The script is not expected to deviate much when the two sides clash in the second T20 International on Wednesday

Having consistently generated speed in excess of 150kmph in his maiden IPL earlier this year, Mayank had drawn attention of cricketing world

Zimbabwe had won the first T20 by 13 runs, with India then rebounding with four consecutive wins. It won the second, third and fourth T20s by 100 runs, 23 runs, and 10 wickets, respectively.