Sanju Samson

108 articles tagged with "Sanju Samson"

May 27, 2026

Gujarat regroup at Mullanpur as Sooryavanshi-fired Rajasthan come for the second IPL 2026 final spot

GT walk in two days after a 92-run Qualifier 1 hammering by RCB; RR walk in two nights after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 97 off 29 against SRH. The Mullanp...

May 21, 2026

Zero Dhoni innings and a 89-run mauling: how CSK’s IPL 2026 came apart

Chennai Super Kings finished IPL 2026 with 12 points, an MS Dhoni who never made it to the crease, and a heavy defeat in Ahmedabad that confirmed what...

May 21, 2026

Sandeep Patil names the Kohli-Rohit contradiction nobody else will: ‘It puzzles me’

Former India chief selector Sandeep Patil has called Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s T20I retirements puzzling while both continue to play the format i...

May 20, 2026

Two unbeaten hundreds and still no ODI slot: Sanju Samson’s Afghanistan snub

The CSK wicketkeeper-batter has been left out of India’s ODI squad for the Afghanistan series despite a 170-strike-rate IPL 2026, with Ishan Kishan pi...

May 18, 2026

BCCI source calls the Shreyas Iyer captaincy reports baseless as the Suryakumar Yadav question refuses to go away

A second wave of reports has named Shreyas Iyer as the leading candidate to take over from Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain after IPL 2026. A...

May 18, 2026

Chepauk’s last call: CSK take on SRH with the IPL 2026 playoff door closing

A loss at home to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday night effectively ends Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2026, with the defending champions sixth and one point...

May 15, 2026

Akash Singh’s three-fer note celebration was theatre, the figures against CSK were the point

Pulled out for his first match of the season, Akash Singh took 3 for 26 against his old CSK side, dismissing Gaikwad, Samson and Urvil Patel and theat...

May 12, 2026

From 0-3 to genuine contenders: how CSK’s quiet rebuild has the IPL 2026 race watching

CSK’s climb from 0-3 to fifth in the IPL 2026 table is not a miracle so much as a slow, slightly boring fix, and the top four should be paying attenti...

May 9, 2026

CSK host LSG at Chepauk as Ruturaj squeezes every point out of the top-four chase

Chennai welcome a bottom-of-the-table Lucknow to MA Chidambaram on Sunday afternoon, but with four matches from the league phase end neither side has...

May 9, 2026

Sanju Samson moves ahead of Shreyas Iyer in race to replace Suryakumar as India’s T20I captain

Fresh reports place Sanju Samson at the front of the BCCI’s thinking to take India’s T20I captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav, with Shreyas Iyer’s strong...

May 6, 2026

Akeal Hosein’s powerplay grip and Noor Ahmad’s middle-overs choke break Delhi at the Jaitley

Sanju Samson’s 87 will headline the scorecards, but the chase was won earlier. Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmad combined for 3 for 41 in seven overs and tu...

May 5, 2026

Samson’s 87 finishes it: CSK chase down DC at the Jaitley with 15 balls to spare

Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 87 from 52 balls eased Chennai Super Kings to an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, after Noor...

May 1, 2026

Five-time champions, both running out of road: CSK and MI meet at Chepauk with playoff lifelines fading

Match 44 of IPL 2026 brings CSK and Mumbai Indians together at the Chidambaram Stadium with one side on six points and the other on four. The loser wa...

Apr 26, 2026

CSK host Gujarat at Chepauk with Sanju Samson on a roll and Shubman Gill the only thing keeping GT alive

Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans both come into Sunday’s afternoon match with three wins and four losses from seven games. They are not the same...

Apr 23, 2026

Two centuries in four games: how Sanju Samson has quietly answered every question about his CSK move

Twelve days after fans were asking whether trading Sanju Samson to CSK was a mistake, the Kerala batter has two IPL 2026 hundreds, five in his career,...

Apr 23, 2026

Sanju Samson’s 54-ball 101 and Akeal’s 4 for 17 hand MI their biggest IPL defeat as CSK win by 103

Chennai Super Kings tore Mumbai Indians apart at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, 23 April 2026, bowling the hosts out for 104 after Sanju Samson’s u...

Apr 23, 2026

Rohit, Dhoni and a Wankhede night: MI and CSK meet with seventh and eighth separated by run rate

Mumbai Indians host Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede on Thursday night with both teams on four points and their biggest names, Rohit Sharma and MS...

Apr 14, 2026

Noor Ahmad and Brevis sink KKR as CSK cruise to 32-run win at Chepauk

Chennai Super Kings defended 192 with plenty to spare, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and pushing their winles...

Apr 14, 2026

CSK’s trade of Jadeja and Curran for Sanju Samson is already looking like a masterstroke

Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 115 at Chepauk has turned a bold piece of IPL 2026 trade business into one of the smartest moves Chennai Super Kings have made...

Apr 14, 2026

Rajasthan’s perfect start is over and the IPL 2026 title race is suddenly wide open

Rajasthan Royals’ first defeat of IPL 2026 has cracked the league open, with Punjab Kings, RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad all ready to make the table the...

Apr 14, 2026

Dhoni to miss CSK’s KKR clash, return now targeted for April 18 against Sunrisers

MS Dhoni has been ruled out of Tuesday night’s IPL 2026 match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk, with Chennai Super Kings now targeting April 1...

Apr 13, 2026

CSK host KKR at Chepauk in a bottom-of-the-table clash neither side can afford to lose

Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders meet at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday sitting ninth and tenth in the IPL 2026 table, and both de...

Apr 12, 2026

Dhoni targets Tuesday return for CSK as fitness tests continue ahead of KKR clash

MS Dhoni could be back in CSK colours as early as Tuesday after stepping up his recovery from a calf strain, with head coach Stephen Fleming confirmin...

Apr 11, 2026

Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 115 fires Chennai Super Kings to first IPL 2026 win

Sanju Samson smashed an unbeaten 115 off 56 balls as Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 23 runs at Chepauk on Saturday, ending a three-match l...