Beneath Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals are presently sitting atop the IPL 2024 factors desk with seven wins from eight video games.

New Delhi: Calling Sanju Samson the ‘main wicketkeeper batter’ within the Indian Premier League, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor backed the Rajasthan Royals skipper to be within the flight to USA and West Indies for the T20 World Cup that begins on June 1. With barely per week to go earlier than the ultimate submission of the groups to ICC for the mega occasion, Samson stands as one of many wicketkeeping choices for India. Beneath his management, Rajasthan Royals are atop the IPL 2024 factors desk with seven wins.

It’s going to be robust for Samson as he has the likes of Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals), KL Rahul (Lucknow Tremendous Giants), Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) and Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians) as his rivals. That is additionally not the primary time Tharoor publicly backed Samson for his inclusion within the Indian group.

“Delighted to agree with my fellow MP Harbhajan Singh on each Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson. Have been arguing for years that Sanju has not had the selectoral breaks he deserved. Now he’s the main Keeper-batsman within the IPL however continues to be not mentioned when the group is debated. Justice for Sanju!,” Tharoor posted whereas resharing a put up from former India spinner Harbhajan on ‘X’

Going by his present kind, Samson has scored 314 runs from eight matches together with three fifties in IPL 2024 to this point. He averages 62.80. With six video games left to play within the group section, the Rajasthan Royals opener solely wants 48 runs to equal his tally from final season (362).