Aaron Finch Appreciated Sanju Samson The way he has settled into his new franchise, calling him a superstar. Chennai Super Kings Long awaited addition to their lineup.Samson joins IPL 2026 after a historic trade of Rs 18 crore. Rajasthan Royals The CSK wicketkeeper-batsman has emerged as one of the standout performers of the season, scoring 402 runs in 10 matches at an average of 57.42 and remains firmly in the race for the Orange Cap.In CSK’s latest match against Delhi Capitals, Samson scored an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls on a difficult surface to earn the player of the match award. During the innings, he also created history by becoming the first batsman to be involved in two 100-plus partnerships against Delhi Capitals in the same IPL season.Earlier in the tournament, Samson scored an unbeaten 115 against Delhi Capitals in Chennai and followed it up with 101 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. He also crossed the milestone of 5,000 IPL runs during CSK’s clash against Kolkata Knight Riders in April 2026.
Samson’s season, however, did not start smoothly. After arriving at a blockbuster trade included Ravindra Jadeja And Sam Curranhe started IPL 2026 with three single-digit scores, all ending in CSK’s defeat. Since then, the wicketkeeper-batsman has turned his campaign around, registering three 50-plus scores in his last seven innings, including a decisive unbeaten 87 against Delhi Capitals.Aaron Finch hails Sanju Samson as Chennai Super Kings superstar “He missed the first two games, didn’t he? Suddenly there was a great panic: “What have CSK done, they have Sanju Samson and he is not performing. Two matches in T20 is nothing. It is very difficult to go through the most continuous weather. You probably can’t understate the pressure on someone going into a team like CSK. “Especially when you’ve got someone like Jadeja out of the side,” Finch said on ESPNcricinfo. “Even though he (Samson) had a dream at the end of the T20 World Cup and then he came to CSK and missed out a couple of times, there will still be some pride and pressure and almost a sense that you can overplay it a little bit in your mind that you want to go to a new franchise and really say that’s a superstar and I say that’s a ‘marker’ for you. That’s what you’re crying for, so it’s the fact that He is batting at a different level,” he added.
