Sanju Samson played HUGE role in Vaibhav Suryavanshi century in IPL 2025, RR skipper had...
Vaibhav Suryavanshi created a new record with his maiden IPL century. He became the youngest-ever IPL centurion at only 14 years of age.
Sanju Samson played a big role in Vaibhav Suryavanshi's century as the RR batter scored the ton with his skipper's bat. "He's known for collecting bats from the first day he came. I could feel he wanted a bat as he used to hang around my bat and kit bag for a long time, and I could feel like he needs not one, maybe a couple of bats. I wanted to give him one and gave him a good bat at the start of the season, so that he could prepare and get used to it. Very happy that he played with it and something great happened," Samson said on the X post from Rajasthan Royals.
Vaibhav Suryvanshi scored the 2nd fastest IPL century ever off 35 balls against Gujarat Titans in Jaipur.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi had replaced Sanju Samson when he was injured in IPL 2025. Suryavanshi was bought for Rs 1.1 crore in IPL 2025 mega auction last year.
Sanju Samson was retained for Rs 18 crore by Rajasthan Royals ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction.
Sanju Samson's RR failed to qualify for IPL 2025 Playoffs, finishing in 9th place with only 8 points.
Sanju Samson ended up with 285 runs in IPL 2025 in the 9 matches he played. Vaibhav Suryavanshi notched up 252 runs in 7 matches with a strike-rate of 206.
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