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‘Ek trophy jeeti nahi ja rahi aur compare bhagwan se kar rahe ho’ – Fans react as Yuzvendra Chahal compares Sanju Samson to MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson
MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson (Source: Twitter

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‘Ek trophy jeeti nahi ja rahi aur compare bhagwan se kar rahe ho’ – Fans react as Yuzvendra Chahal compares Sanju Samson to MS Dhoni

For the second straight year for the Sanju Samson-led team in the cash-rich league, Yuzvendra Chahal is enjoying a great season in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Chahal was bought by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL 2022 mega auction after spending eight years playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

In his maiden campaign with the new team, he won the Purple Cap as he snapped 27 wickets. In the IPL and for India, Chahal has played under four different captains, including MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and now Samson.

In an interview with Humans of Bombay, Chahal said that the Sanju Samson had given him the freedom he needed and was responsible for his improvement as a bowler during the previous six to twelve months.

Voh literally Mahi bhai jaisa lagta hai: Yuzvendra Chahal

“I think maine, jitne bhi captains, teeno captains ke under khela hun, unse voh liberty mili hai as a bowler, jo ek bowler chahta hai. Chahe voh Mahi bhai ho, Virat bhaiya ho ya Rohit Bhai. Mujhe voh ek cheez mili hai (I think, all three captains whom I have played under, I have gotten that liberty that a bowler requires, whether its Mahi bhai, Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. So yeah, that’s the one thing I have gotten,” the leg spinner was quoted as saying on Humans of Bombay.

“IPL mein favourite captain toh definitely, for me, Sanju. Kyunki mujhe voh literally Mahi bhai jaisa lagta hai, bilkul calm and chill. Jo meri bowling mein growth hui hai, at least 10 per cent jo growth hui hai last year voh Sanju ki vajah se hui hai. He told me, ‘you have 4 overs, just bowl, meri taraf se tu free hai, jo karna hai,” the 32-year-old asserted.

(In IPL, Sanju Samson is definitely my favourite. I feel like he is literally very similar to Mahi bhai as like him, he is very calm and chill. The 10 per cent or whatever growth I have had as a bowler in the last year, it is all because of Sanju. He told me, ‘you have four overs, bowl whatever you want to, you are free from my side’).

Here’s how fans reacted on Yuzvendra Chahal’s statement:

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