Sanju Samson impresses BCCI with ton in IND vs SA, retains BCCI central contract

Kerala batter-keeper Sanju Samson has managed to make it to BCCI’s central contract for 2024-25. He has been handed a Grade C contract for the upcoming year. The contract comes at the back of Samson’s 108-run knock in IND vs SA ODI in 2023.

Sanju Samson gets BCCI ‘C’ grade contract

Grade C

Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.#TeamIndia

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Sanju Samson in IND vs SA

Samson had a brilliant ODI series against South Africa, where the wicketkeeper batter scored his maiden international century in India’s third ODI at Paarl’s Boland Park. Coming in during the fifth over at No.3, Samson scored 108 off 114 balls and helped India won the match by 78 runs.

BCCI central contracts for 2024-25

Grade A+

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja.

Grade A

R Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya

Grade B

Surya Kumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal

Grade C

Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, Ravi Bishnoi, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mukesh Kumar, Sanju Samson, Arshdeep Singh, KS Bharat, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Rajat Patidar.