Rajasthan Royals endured a tough 2025 season below a brand new crew administration, with Rahul Dravid becoming a member of as head coach to work with Sanju Samson. The facet completed ninth within the desk with simply 4 wins in 14 matches, and roughly two months after the season, rumors started about Sanju Samson doubtlessly leaving the franchise.
Regardless of main the crew to the IPL 2022 ultimate and establishing himself as a key determine within the squad, Samson’s future with the Royals stays unsure. Amid the rising speculations over his place within the crew, Sanju Samson sat with former RR teammate and India nice Ravichandran Ashwin, talking intimately about his time to this point with the Royals, and the way captaincy has modified his outlook in direction of the sport.
“Captaincy has opened up my perspective and helped me to just accept these sort of methods. There isn’t a a method of succeeding in cricket. I do not imagine that there’s just one means. When persons are attempting various things, I prefer to again them as an alternative of questioning them,” Samson said throughout an look on Ravichandran Ashwin’s present, Kutti Tales with Ash.
This mindset is completely embodied in his teammate Shimron Hetmyer’s uncommon matchday routine, which Samson described with each amusement and admiration. Hetmyer, identified for his power-hitting prowess and generally erratic worldwide profession, follows a laid-back pre-game schedule that might increase eyebrows in any skilled setup.
“However this man, the match is at 8 PM, he’ll get up at 5 PM, and be all sleepy throughout crew conferences and all. Then he’ll rating an important runs for the crew and win them the sport. So, there’s a strategy to do like that additionally,” Samson revealed.
Samson on change after captaincy
Sanju additionally reminisced about his personal disciplined routines earlier than captaincy, emphasizing how his focus was narrower, centered primarily on his particular person efficiency.
“Earlier than I used to be a captain, I used to be a participant; at the moment, it was solely about my methods. I am like I have to do these items, these sorts of practices. I want to attain runs at these sort of patterns, and that’s how success is made.”
However the captaincy function expanded his understanding, instructing him to embrace and belief the completely different personalities and strategies inside the crew.
