Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra has shared his insights on Sanja Samson’s reported goal to go away from Rajasthan Royals (RR) ahead of the IPL 2026 public sale. He means that the emergence of younger opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi may have influenced this choice.There were rumours that Samson has asked RR to unencumber him. This has resulted in discussions about his doable long term staff affiliations.
“Why would Sanju Samson need to depart? It is attention-grabbing as a result of when the ultimate mega public sale took place, they let If Buttler move, and I felt they let Jos Buttler move as a result of Yashasvi had come and Sanju sought after to open, and Sanju and Rajasthan Royals had been actually, actually thick,” Chopra stated on his YouTube channel.Move Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Chopra believes the arriving of Vaibhav Suryavanshi will have altered the staff’s dynamics.“I felt there would had been an enormous enter from Sanju within the gamers they retained or launched. On the other hand, now it sort of feels it would now not had been there. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has come, so two openers are already able, and also you additionally need to bat Dhruv Jurel up the order. So Sanju needs to go away. If he’s pondering like that, it is imaginable. Those are conjectures. I do not know what is in his and Rajasthan’s minds,” he added.In IPL 2025, Samson scored 285 runs with a strike charge of 140.39 in 9 innings. Suryavanshi made an excellent debut with 252 runs in seven innings at a strike charge of 206.55, together with the quickest IPL century through an Indian.Chopra suggests Kolkata Knight Riders because the perhaps vacation spot for Samson.“The primary identify that involves my thoughts isn’t CSK. KKR will have to be essentially the most determined staff. KKR do not have an Indian wicketkeeper-batter, and that simply ties their arms in the back of their again. Secondly, what is mistaken in the event you get a captain? I’m really not denying that Ajinkya Rahane has captained neatly and has scored runs as neatly.”All through IPL 2025, KKR depended on out of the country wicketkeepers Quinton de Kock and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Samson’s twin position as an Indian wicketkeeper and doable captain may just cope with those wishes for KKR.