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Sanju Samson, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter, admires Rohit Sharma as his idol.

Sanju Samson with Rohit Sharma

Sanju Samson with Rohit Sharma

India’s ODI captain, Rohit Sharma, may not feature repeatedly across all three formats, however the legacy he has built stays a source of admiration and inspiration. He has called time on his Test and T20I careers, focusing solely now on the ODI World Cup 2027. Nevertheless, he continues to be missed by many, not only those outside the Indian dressing room, but additionally inside it.

Sanju Samson, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter, admires Rohit as his idol. The Kerala cricketer recently appeared in a podcast with former Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, where he said he idolised Rohit.

On the show, Ashwin asked, “(Who’s) Your all-time cricketing idol, and one modern player that you simply get excited to observe, as a fan?”

Sanju replied, “That’s a giant query. Uh… Rohit Sharma.”

Speaking concerning the modern-day player he gets excited to observe, Samson named ‘Chinna Paiyan’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

The 14-year-old opening batter made his IPL debut earlier this yr, replacing an injured Samson within the Rajasthan Royals line-up. He quickly rose to fame together with his extraordinary strokeplay and a sizzling century against the Gujarat Titans, becoming the youngest ever to achieve this within the league’s history. He played 7 games in IPL 2025 and scored 252 runs, averaging 36.

Samson recalled how once he saw the 14-year-old hit a six and thought to himself that the ‘little guy got lucky’, and it didn’t take long for him to know that it was removed from luck.

“Yeah, I saw him hit one for a six. I used to be pondering that the little guy got lucky, but it surely kept on going. The standard of the shots also really shocked me,” Samson admitted to Ravichandran Ashwin on the latter’s YouTube show, Kutti Stories With Ash.

And Samson and Ashwin weren’t the one players in awe either.

“I saw Jos Buttler talking to Jofra Archer about it. About the way it was to get smashed around by a 14-year-old within the nets,” Ashwin said.

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