Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson

Chennai Super Kings · right-hand bat · Wicket-keeper batter

IndianWicket-keeper batterIPL 2026cricketplayerIPLwicket-keeperRHB✓ ClaimReview
14
Matches
477
Runs
165.6
Strike Rate
43.4
Average
24
Sixes
1
Fifties
115*
HS
3
POTM

Phase analysis — IPL 2026

≥30 balls batting · ≥15 balls bowling✓ ClaimReview per phaseFull breakdown →
Powerplay (1–6)
152.6
SR · 154 balls · 235 R
235 runs32 4s9 6s
↗
Middle (7–15)
172.9
SR · 96 balls · 166 R
166 runs12 4s11 6s
Death (16–20)
205.7
SR · 35 balls · 72 R
72 runs8 4s4 6s
↗

Sanju Samson's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 212 (+19 vs venue par) when he made 115 vs DC on 2026-04-11.

Per Himanish Ganjoo's Impact framing: team-total minus venue's 1st-innings par across ≥3 captured fixtures. Attribution rule: a batter is credited for an innings only when they scored ≥30 runs. Methodology: /methodology/player-event-claims#impact.

MetricIPL 2026 best innings impact (par-shift)
Value+19 vs par
PeriodIPL 2026 to date
Computed

P3 — Form & phase

5 claims
IPL 2026 season presence
Sanju Samson appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Chennai Super Kings, most recently on 2026-05-21.
14 matchesn=14 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
Powerplay strike rate, IPL 2026
Sanju Samson scores at 152.6 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (154-ball sample, #24 of 45 qualifying batters).
152.6 SRn=154 legal deliveries faced in overs 1-6 · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best opponent (batting)
Sanju Samson's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: DC — 202 runs in 2 innings (avg 101.0).
202 runs vs DCn=2 innings, 108 balls faced · IPL 2026 to date
Powerplay batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson powerplay strike rate 152.6 in IPL 2026 (154 balls).
152.6n=154 PP balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Death-overs batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson death-overs strike rate 205.7 in IPL 2026 (35 balls).
205.7n=35 death-overs balls faced · IPL 2026↗

P4 — Season comparatives

4 claims
Chennai Super Kings appearance rank, IPL 2026
Sanju Samson ranks #1 of 25 CricketStudio-tracked Chennai Super Kings squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).
#1 of 25n=25-player CSK cohort · IPL 2026 to date
Batting strike rate in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson strike rate 165.6 in IPL 2026 (288 balls, 14 innings).
165.6n=288 balls faced · IPL 2026↗
Runs scored in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson scored 477 runs in IPL 2026 (14 innings, avg 43.4).
477n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
Sixes hit in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson hit 24 sixes in IPL 2026 (14 innings).
24n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗

P2 — Moments

5 claims
IPL 2026 Player of the Match awards
Sanju Samson has won Player of the Match 3 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs DC on 2026-05-05.
3 POTMsn=3 fixtures · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best 1st-wicket partnership
Sanju Samson's best IPL 2026 opening partnership: 61 with Ruturaj Gaikwad in 38 balls vs DC on 2026-04-11.
61 runsn=1 partnership · 38 balls · IPL 2026 to date
IPL 2026 best non-opening partnership
Sanju Samson's best non-opening IPL 2026 partnership: 113* for the 3rd wicket with Kartik Sharma vs DC on 2026-05-05.
113* runs (3rd-wkt)n=1 partnership · 66 balls · IPL 2026 to date
Half-centuries in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson scored 1 half-century in IPL 2026.
1n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗
Centuries in IPL 2026
Sanju Samson scored 2 centuries in IPL 2026.
2n=14 innings · IPL 2026↗

P1 — Match recaps

2 claims
IPL 2026 most-recent fixture appearance
Sanju Samson took the field for Chennai Super Kings in their IPL 2026 fixture vs GT on 2026-05-21 (fixture 69660).
CSK vs GTn=1 match · 2026-05-21 (fixture 69660)
IPL 2026 first appearance
Sanju Samson first appeared in IPL 2026 on 2026-03-30 vs RR (fixture 69520).
2026-03-30n=1 fixture · IPL 2026 to date

Career snapshot

Multi-format reach. IPL 2026 derived from ball-by-ball capture; non-IPL formats deferred to Phase C per methodology.

FormatMatInnsRunsAvgSR10050HS
IPL 2026141447343.416612115*
IPL career185185517733.8141.7428119
IPL 2026: Computed from CricketStudio aggregation of CricketMind ball-by-ball data, last updated 2026-09-08 03:19:32 UTC
IPL career: CricketStudio aggregation — IPL 2026 ball-by-ball + historical Cricsheet (CC BY 3.0), last updated 2026-09-08 03:19:32 UTC
Sample-size floor: ≥5 matches for IPL 2026 (season complete).

IPL career before 2026

Sanju Samson scored 4,704 runs in 171 pre-2026 IPL matches (2013–2025), strike rate 139.7.

Batting by season

SeasonTeamMatRunsHSSRAvg4s6s
2013RR1020663115.725.75195
2014RR1333974124.226.082517
2015RR1120476125.920.4168
2016DC1429160112.826.45208
2017DC14386102141.427.573219
2018RR1544192138.231.53019
2019RR11342102149.334.22813
2020/21RR1437585160.328.852126
2021RR14484119137.940.334517
2022RR1745855147.328.634326
2023RR1436266153.430.172524
2024RR1553186154.848.274824
2025RR928566141.831.672713
CareerDC, RR1714704119139.730.75379219
Window: IPL 2013–2025 (pre-2026), 171 matches. Sample-size floor: strike rate shown at ≥30 balls faced, economy at ≥15 balls bowled per season (§3.1); sub-floor cells show —.
Source: CricketStudio aggregation of Cricsheet ball-by-ball (CC BY 3.0). Canonical↔historical player join via ESPNcricinfo ID (deterministic, no name-matching). See career leaderboards.

Recent form — last 8 innings

P3 · Form
DateMatchRunsBallsSR4s6sDismissalResult
2026-05-21GT vs CSK010.000caughtL
2026-05-18CSK vs SRH2713207.751caughtL
2026-05-15LSG vs CSK2020100.030caughtL
2026-05-10CSK vs LSG2814200.032bowledW
2026-05-05DC vs CSK87*52167.376Not outW
2026-05-02CSK vs MI119122.220caughtW
2026-04-26GT vs CSK111573.320caughtL
2026-04-23MI vs CSK101*54187.0106Not outW
Last 8 innings · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball · See all →

Best innings — IPL career

By runs scored
MatchRunsBallsSRDate
vs DC · MA Chidambaram Stadium115*56205.42026-04-11
vs MI · Wankhede Stadium101*54187.02026-04-23
vs DC · Arun Jaitley Stadium87*52167.32026-05-05
vs KKR · MA Chidambaram Stadium4832150.02026-04-14
vs LSG · MA Chidambaram Stadium2814200.02026-05-10
vs SRH · MA Chidambaram Stadium2713207.72026-05-18
Top 6 innings by runs · IPL 2026 · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball

Batting positions · IPL 2026

P3

Batted at 2 distinct positions (#1–#2).

PosInnRunsBallsSRAvg
#1 opener13457268170.545.70
#2 opener12020100.020.00

Source: SETU canonical aggregate. Position = first appearance in ball stream per innings.

Dismissal modes · IPL 2026

P3

How Sanju Samson was dismissed across 11 wickets.

8
73%
Caught
3
27%
Bowled

"Caught" includes stumpings (score type indistinguishable). Cross-reference: season leaderboards.

Performance vs teams — IPL 2026

≥1 innings vs team
vs TeamInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
DC2202108187.0—2210115*
MI211263177.8112.0126101*
LSG24834141.224.06228
KKR14832150.048.04348
SRH23416212.517.05227
GT2111668.85.52011
RCB195180.09.0019
PBKS177100.07.0107
RR16785.76.0106
Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures · Source: CricketStudio ball-by-ball aggregation

Runs by venue — IPL career

Venue × seasonFull breakdown →
VenueInnRunsBallsSRAvg4s6sHS
MA Chidambaram Stadium6236131180.247.23010115*
Wankhede Stadium110154187.0—106101*
Arun Jaitley Stadium18752167.3—7687*
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium12020100.020.03020
Narendra Modi Stadium2111668.85.52011
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium195180.09.0019
All captures · Full breakdown: /players/sanju-samson/by-venue

Head-to-head records

P5 · Opponent series

Sample-size floor: ≥5 deliveries per matchup. Window: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sorted by delivery count. Each row links to the full match-by-match record at /h2h.

As batter

vs bowlerBallsRunsSR4s6sOut
Axar Patel2133157.1410
Thangarasu Natarajan2160285.7740
Lungi Ngidi2026130.0310
Mohammed Shami1826144.4500
Jasprit Bumrah1621131.3210
Kuldeep Yadav1535233.3140
Mitchell Starc1315115.4200
Mukesh Kumar1220166.7300
Krish Bhagat1231258.3330
Ashwani Kumar914155.6200
Kagiso Rabada910111.1200
AM Ghazanfar813162.5010

Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball data. Cohort: IPL 2026 captured fixtures. Sub-5-delivery matchups excluded per doctrine §3.1.

vs Bowling type

L2 · Conditional≥30 balls floor
vs Pace
167.7
SR of 167.7 vs pace bowling — 201 balls faced
201 balls·16 6s
vs Spin
161.1
SR of 161.1 vs spin bowling — 72 balls faced
72 balls·8 6s

Full breakdown at /players/sanju-samson/by-bowling-type · Source: SETU conditional aggregate

Drill into the data

Every dimension below is computed from ball-by-ball record. Pages with insufficient sample render an explicit disclosure.

Phase split
/phase-split
Death Overs
/death-overs
Powerplay
/powerplay
Recent Form
/recent-form
By Venue
/by-venue
vs Bowling Type
/by-bowling-type
IPL 2026 Season
/ipl-2026
IPL Career
/ipl-career
Partnerships
/partners
Franchise Mobility
/mobility

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Research mentioning Sanju

Leaderboards and research reports where this player appears.

IPL 2026
Highest individual scores — IPL 2026

Sanju ranks #4 with 115 (288 balls faced).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Most fours — IPL 2026

Sanju ranks #8 with 53 (288 balls faced).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Highest death-overs strike rates — IPL 2026

Sanju ranks #15 with 205.7 (35 balls faced in death overs (overs 17–20)).

2026-07-25↗
IPL 2026
Death Overs Intelligence

Who wins and loses IPL 2026 overs 16–20 — economy leaders, strike-rate leaders, and all 10 teams compared. Ball-by-ball provenance throughout.

2026-06-01

Related entities

Plays for
Chennai Super Kings
Most-faced bowlers (IPL career)
Rashid Khan · 108 ballsAxar Patel · 105 ballsSunil Narine · 95 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar · 95 ballsJasprit Bumrah · 92 ballsThangarasu Natarajan · 84 ballsMohammed Shami · 79 ballsKrunal Pandya · 70 balls
Venues played at
MA Chidambaram Stadium · 6 matchesNarendra Modi Stadium · 2 matchesBarsapara Cricket Stadium · 1 matchM.Chinnaswamy Stadium · 1 matchRajiv Gandhi International Stadium · 1 match

From the CricketStudio knowledge graph.

Frequently asked

Sanju Samson is an Indian cricketer playing for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026 as a wk-batter, right-handed batter born in Thiruvananthapuram.
Sanju Samson plays for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026.
Sanju Samson appeared in 14 IPL 2026 matches (14-fixture sample) for Chennai Super Kings, most recently on 2026-05-21.
Sanju Samson's best IPL 2026 innings impact: team scored 212 (+19 vs venue par) when he made 115 vs DC on 2026-04-11.
Sanju Samson's top opponent (batting) in IPL 2026: DC — 202 runs in 2 innings (avg 101.0).
Sanju Samson scores at 152.6 strike rate in IPL 2026 powerplay (154-ball sample, #24 of 45 qualifying batters).
Sanju Samson has won Player of the Match 3 times in IPL 2026 — most recently vs DC on 2026-05-05.
Sanju Samson ranks #1 of 25 CricketStudio-tracked Chennai Super Kings squad members by IPL 2026 appearance count (14 matches).
Sanju Samson is Indian, born in Thiruvananthapuram.
Ball-by-ball stats, phase splits, and atomic claims for Sanju Samson are available at players.cricketstudio.ai/players/sanju-samson — all figures include sample-size provenance and computation timestamps.
Sanju Samson was born on 11 November 1994.
Sanju Samson bats right-handed.
Sanju Samson death-overs strike rate 205.7 in IPL 2026 (35 balls).

Identity & cross-references

CricketStudio resolves Sanju Samson to one canonical entity ID, mapped to every major cricket database. This is how AI systems and developers cite the same player across sources without ambiguity.

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Canonical ID · cs_player_425943

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Source: CricketStudio aggregation of ball-by-ball match data. Computed 2026-09-08. All metrics are recalculated from raw delivery records. Minimum sample floors apply per claim.