Sanju Viswanath Samson is an Indian international cricketer. He represents the Kerala in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. He is the second youngest player to score a half-century in the IPL and Champions League Twenty20, achieved on 29 April 2013. He has a B. A. degree in English literature from Mar Ivanios College.
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Sanju Viswanath Samson is an Indian international cricketer. He represents the Kerala in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League. He is the second youngest player to score a half-century in the IPL and Champions League Twenty20, achieved on 29 April 2013. Sanju was adjudged as the \”Best Young Player of the Season\” in the 2013 IPL through an official poll. He was appointed the Vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2013 Top End Under-19 Series in Australia, Asia cup under-19, 2013 and 2014 Under 19 World Cup. In the 2013 Under 19 Asia Cup in UAE, he scored a century in the final, which helped India retain the cup. In 2014, BCCI appointed Sanju Samson as vice-captains of team India for the 2014 Under- 19 Cricket World Cup, where he was the top run-scorer for India. In 2017, he was appointed as the captain of the Board President XI side in place of injured Naman Ojha for the two-day tour match against Sri Lanka, which was held on 11 November in Kolkata. Samson scored 143 and one six from 75 overs against the visiting team, and later agreed on a stalemate after the Board’s XI was declared struggling at 312-19 on the second day after lunch on the day of the tour match. He scored an unbeaten 212 for Kerala against Goa. This is also the highest score in Vijay Hazare Trophy and fastest double hundred in List A cricket. His partnership with Sachin Baby is the 3rd highest partnership in List a cricket.
He has a B. A. degree in English literature from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His father was formerly a police constable at Delhi Police and a football player who has represented Delhi in Santhosh Trophy and his mother Ligy is a housewife. His elder brother Saly Samson had represented Kerala in several age-limit tournaments. He spent his childhood in Delhi and studied at Rosary Senior Secondary School, Delhi. When he was eleven years old, his father took a revontary retirement from Delhi police and moved to Kerala to continue his two sons’ cricket career. He made his debut for the Kerala Ranji Trophy team on 3 November 2011. His techniques combined with an ability to time the ball earned him a place in Kerala’s U- 19 team. He was the All-India leading run- scorer in the season and was selected to play for Kerala when he was 15 years of age. In 2012, Sanju represented India in the Under 19Asia Cup Tournament held in Malaysia in June 2012. In 2013, he played for the Under 16 and Under 19 Kerala State Cricket Team and was also the captain for the All India Under-16 and Under 16 teams. He helped India win the U-16 Asia Cup tournament in Malaysia. He also played for India at the Under 18 Asia Cup Tournament in June 2013. In that tournament he scored 85 runs from 45 balls against Papua New Guinea.
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