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Sanju Samson has been the talk of the town with his performances this IPL. The Rajasthan Royals(RR) skipper has been in the form of his life and with the T20 World Cup in a month’s time it is going to be interesting to watch if Samson gets on the plane to the United States and the West Indies. 

Many cricketers and pundits have already urged the BCCI and have supported the inclusion of Samson in the squad with the latest one being Kolkata Knight Riders’ mentor Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir represented India in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup, playing an important knock in the final against Pakistan as India lift the cup.

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What has Gautam Gambhir said?

Talking to the Cricket Fever Gambhir has backed the inclusion of Sanju Samson in the squad stating, “If Sanju Samson does not play for India it's not Sanju's loss it's India's loss and i hope Sanju is backed the same way as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have been backed we are losing out on a talent which probably will be no.1 batter in the world in future if we back him”

Further Gambhir went on to add “Unfortunately we haven’t backed him till now and the people sitting in those big rooms and probably the selection committee must be scratching their hair that why wasn’t Sanju Samson part of the team if he does not make it to the World Cup, and in fact I picked him up as a no. 4 batter in the last World Cup as well.

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What are Sanju Samson’s IPL 2024 Stats

Samson recently played a brilliant unbeaten 71-run knock off just 33 deliveries against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) completing a successful and comfortable run-chase at the Ekana Sports City stadium. Samson consistency and fantastic ball-hitting ability have been key to his success in the IPL this season.

Sanju Samson 2024 IPL Stats:
Matches Runs Average Strike rate 50+ Highest Score
9 385 77.00 161.08 4 82*

Samson is also in the race for the orange cap this season since he is in the top five highest run scorers .

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IPL 2024 Top Scorers:
Player Team Matches Runs Average S.R. 50s 100s HS
Virat Kohli RCB 9 500 71.42 147.49 4 1 113*
Ruturaj Gaikwad CSK 9 447 63.85 149.49 3 1 108*
Sai Sudarshan GT 10 418 46.44 135.71 2 0 84*
Sanju Samson RR 9 385 77.00 161.38 4 0 82*
KL Rahul LSG 9 378 42.00 144.27 3 0 82

 

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Rahul is a content producer for The Sporting News’ India edition.