A Sanju Samson fan was called out and schooled by senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for spreading fake news on Twitter.
A Tweet from a Samson fan, with Twitter handle @CricketWithRosh, went viral on Tuesday in which this fan alleged that R Ashwin said CSK wanted to trade in Samson from Rajasthan Royals to take over the captaincy from MS Dhoni.
This was after the trade of the Gujarat Titans skipper, Hardik Pandya, to Mumbai Indians, Hardik’s first franchise, was announced.
This fan of Sanju Samson spread fake news quoting Ashwin. He added that Ashwin has apparently revealed that Samson was very close to signing for CSK but the alleged deal fell out and Samson rejected CSK’s offer, and that in the future he could come to CSK.
The fan tweeted: ‘Ashwin on his YouTube channel – “Sanju Samson was approached by CSK as a captain which was nearly finalised. But it dint go through Sanju rejected their offer. Theres a definite possibility in future”. #SanjuSamson #IPL2024 #iplauction2024’
R Ashwin slams this fan of Sanju Samson for spreading lies
This tweet reached R Ashwin, who eventually called out this fan and slammed him for spreading fake news and lies.
R Ashwin commented: “Fake news! Dont lie quoting me”
Meanwhile, R Ashwin has been retained by the Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals for the IPL 2024.
Rajasthan Royals players retained: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma
Players released: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif
Players traded out : Devdutt Padikkal
Players traded in: Avesh Khan
Meanwhile, Samson is currently participating and leading Kerala in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
