Sanju Samson pays tribute to MS Dhoni during the toss ahead of RR vs CSK match in IPL 2023 (Sportzpix)
Sanju Samson pays tribute to MS Dhoni in his own unique way during toss ahead of RR vs CSK match in IPL 2023
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson paid a heartfelt tribute to him M S Dhoni During the toss ahead of their IPL 2023 match against Chennai Super Kings. A lot of CSK fans thronged the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur and Samson couldn’t help but praise the effort of the CSK fans who came out in huge numbers to support Dhoni’s Yellow Army.
Chennai Super Kings fans are famous for their epic fan following and wherever CSK travels to play across the country, their fans turn up in huge numbers. The entire Eden Gardens was painted yellow in their match against Kolkata Knight Riders and similar happened in Jaipur on Thursday.
Sanju Samson paid a heartfelt tribute to Dhoni in his own way as he said that it was because of the presence of ‘Thala’ Dhoni that a huge fan following of the Yellow Army turned up at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium to cheer for CSK.
Speaking to Murali Karthik during the toss, the Royals skipper said that they would have liked to see the stadium painted pink but was also happy to see CSK fans turning up in large numbers.
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“We would like to bat first. We prefer to stick to our strength, which is to defend. It feels really great to play RR’s 200th game, it feels great to play for 10 years. Would have liked to see some pink here today, but it is yellow and we know the reason why,” said Samson.
Samson further revealed during the toss that RR would be making one change to their playing XI with Trent Boult missing the match due to an injury, however, Adam Zampa came in to replace him.
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Dhoni meanwhile revealed that CSK remained unchanged from their previous match. During the last meeting between these two sides, Samson had made a similar gesture to Dhoni, where he was referring to the CSK skipper without naming him and instead used the phrase ‘that man’, which has earned fans ire. Had won the hearts of both the sets. ,
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