Rohit Sharma Gave An Epic Response To Fans Who Were Shouting “Sanju Sanju”: Sanju Samson’s craze among cricket fans is going worldwide. There have been cheers of “Sanju Sanju” being heard everywhere the Kerala cricketer has gone in recent months – whether it’s Ireland, England, West Indies or Zimbabwe. Now, the latest addition to this list is Dubai!
Yes, even though Sanju Samson is not part of the Team India squad for the Asia Cup 2022, there were fans who shouted Samson’s name during India’s practice session in Dubai.
Rohit Sharma gave a brilliant reply to Sanju Samson fans
India captain Rohit Sharma was the one who responded to these chants. There has often been fans criticising the Indian team management and even accusing BCCI of discrimination whenever Samson is not selected in the squad or the team.
Hearing the chants of “Sanju Baba Sanju Baba” India skipper Rohit Sharma couldn’t hold himself back and gave a gem of a reply to those fans.
“Sanju Baba is part of India, you know,” Rohit Sharma replied. And his terrific response was met with big cheers from the Samson fans.
You can watch the video here:
Rohit Sharma saying “Are you Cheta “” and Sanju Baba chants pic.twitter.com/o98Z0irzAL
— Mohit (@Mohittweets13) August 27, 2022
Sanju Samson explains why he has so many fans
Earlier this month, Samson himself was asked why he has so much of support everywhere he’s travelled with Team India on the recent tours.
Samson said that he was a bit surprised by the amount of support and fans he’s got, but admitted that there are Malayalis in plenty in these regions so that underlines the heavy cheers.
“I am really surprised to see the support I get as I have played very few games for my country. But I feel being a Malayali, I get a great support. I can see people calling me ‘Chetta, Chetta’ as there are a lot of Malayalis supporting me here,” Samson said.
“I am very proud to be a Malayali and proud to represent my country as a Malayali so I am really happy to get that kind of a support but at the same time there is a pressure to perform. So, it [the support] really helps me to go out there and perform,” he added.
Sanju has delivered well in his opportunities after the IPL 2022: he struck his maiden T20I fifty, vs Ireland; then, in the second ODI vs Zimbabwe, he bagged his maiden Man of the Match award when he scored 43* runs off 39 balls in a tricky run-chase.
