Rajasthan Royals (RR) bowler Yuzvendra Chahal made an monumental comparison and said that his IPL team captain Sanju Samson is similar to MS Dhoni, who is captaining the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the ongoing IPL 2023.
After spending 8 years at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chahal is set to return to the iconic venue after 4 years however, this time around he will be lining up for the opposition.
Having finished last season as the IPL purple cap winner with 27 wickets, Chahal is having another stellar campaign in IPL 2023, he has 11 wickets so far and is 5th on the table for most wickets.
In a recent interview ahead of the RCB v RR match in Bengaluru on April 23, 2023, Yuzvendra Chahal picked his favourite captain among MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson.
Chahal told Humans of Bombay what similarities he found in MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, before going on to pick Sanju as his favourite as far as IPL is concerned.
“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.
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’,” Chahal said to Humans of Bombay.
The spin-wizard picked up two wickets against his former side when RCB squared off against Rajasthan Royals last year at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
