Sanju Samson's father accuses MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid of 'wasting 10 years of son's career'

Sanju Samson's father accuses MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rahul Dravid of 'wasting 10 years of son's career'

Sanju Samson is enjoying supreme form, having scored back-to-back tons in T20Is, making him the first Indian to achieve the feat. His effort has been lauded from every corner and in the midst of this a video of his father is also doing the rounds on social media. However, the video is not in a good taste as his father can be heard blaming some of the past and current stars for almost destroying his son's career.

Samson's father names MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli, all who have led India in the T20I format at some point of their career, for wasting ten vital years of his career. His father also names former India coach Rahul Dravid, who was the coach of the T20 World Cup winning side, in the video.

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"There are 3-4 people who wasted 10 years of my son's vital career...captains like Dhoni ji, Virat ji, Rohit ji and coach Dravid ji," Samson's father can be heard saying in an explosive interview with Malayali news station MediaOne. Expressing further displeasure over his son's career trajectory, he added: “these four people wasted 10 years of my son's life but the more they hurt him, the stronger Sanju came out of the crisis.”

Consecutive ducks

However, Samson has now failed to open his account on two occasions as he was dismissed for a two-ball duck by Marco Jansen in the third T20I against South Africa in Centurion on Wednesday. The wicketkeeper-batter was cleaned up with a length delivery, which he tried to play on the backfoot but failed to judge it. The ball knocked the top of the off stump. Samson met with a similar fate in the previous encounter against the same bowler when he was bowled for a three-ball duck, also making him the first batter to hit two consecutive tons and get dismissed on consecutive ducks in the following T20I innings.

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Samson's decade long wait

Samson made his T20I debut back in 2015 when he was just 21 but failed to hold onto the spot in the team. He, however, re-entered the fold in 2021 and played 14 T20Is between 2022-23.

However, his authoritative performances by bat, which saw him smash sensational tons, has raised his stakes as India's opener in T20 format. Sanju, however, will face stiff competition once the likes of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal are re-introduced in the white-ball setup. The duo is currently engaged in the red-ball format and are touring Australia for the much anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Apart from the duo, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul are also waiting on the sideline and will look to present a case for themselves in the upcoming edition of IPL.