'I’ve spoken to Mahi bhai': Samson breaks silence on 1st time with Dhoni

NEW DELHI: Sanju Samson has expressed his excitement astir yet sharing a dressing country with legendary cricketer MS Dhoni successful the upcoming Indian Premier League season. Although Samson has spoken to Dhoni earlier and met him during nationalist squad camps, helium says this volition beryllium the archetypal clip they volition really play unneurotic successful the aforesaid team.“I’ve spoken to Mahi bhai galore times implicit the telephone and seen him astir during Indian squad camps, but this volition beryllium the archetypal clip I’ll really play alongside him successful a team, truthful the excitement is precise high," Samson told PTI.

He believes spending clip with Dhoni for a afloat play volition beryllium a large learning experience. “Whenever helium calls oregon we meet, determination is ever thing affirmative to instrumentality away. But being with him successful a squad for 2 months and seeing first-hand however helium approaches

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and prepares for games volition beryllium a immense payment for me. I’m truly blessed and spot it arsenic a large accidental to larn from him.”

Still processing India’s T20 World Cup win

Samson besides spoke astir India’s triumph successful the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, admitting that the infinitesimal inactive feels surreal. The tourney was held successful India, and Samson played a cardinal relation successful the team’s triumph."Not yet, I americium inactive like, erstwhile I get up successful the morning, I'm like, 'has it truly happened'. So honestly, that's the feeling. But I consciousness that successful the coming years, with the prime of players we person successful our country, this is going to beryllium repeated. The fig of players who are coming up successful India is decidedly going to bash this much and much often," helium said portion speaking to broadcasters astatine the

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Awards successful New Delhi.

Samson was named Player of the Tournament aft scoring 321 runs astatine a onslaught complaint adjacent to 200 successful conscionable 5 innings. His performances included a match-winning 97 not retired against the West Indies nationalist cricket squad successful the Super Eight stage, followed by scores of 89 successful the semi-final against the England nationalist cricket squad and different 89 successful the last against the New Zealand nationalist cricket team.Reflecting connected his journey, Samson described it arsenic unpredictable and emotional.

He continued, "You tin lone imagination wherever you privation to go, but you can't decidedly thrust the way towards it. So my beingness oregon my vocation has been 1 of the champion examples. I decidedly wanted to bash this a mates of years ago. I privation to triumph a World Cup for my country, but it had its ain plan, its ain script. So, it's much similar a movie. I enjoyed it."He explained that his mindset changed erstwhile helium focused much connected helping the squad alternatively than idiosyncratic goals. "As I said before, I wanted to bash thing similar this, past I got pulled retired of my journey, and past suddenly, the squad wanted maine to travel and contribute, and that's erstwhile I really mentally flipped a bit... I think, earlier that, successful the New Zealand series, the absorption was each astir me," helium added.

Mohammed Siraj’s unexpected World Cup story

Samson’s communicative was not the lone astonishing 1 from India’s rubric win. Fast bowler Mohammed Siraj besides experienced an improbable travel to the trophy. He was not portion of the archetypal squad and lone joined aft Harshit Rana was ruled retired with an injury.Reflecting connected the moment, Siraj said, “I was not successful the archetypal squad, past I got it, played a game, and present I person been portion of 2 World Cup-winning squads. I would accidental it's a occurrence for me.”