This was Samson's third century in IPL history with only Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli standing ahead of him among Indians with his tally of five centuries
The Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman is third in the list of players who have played most matches before captaining an IPL side.
Rajasthan, ahead of the auction in Chennai in February, released their former skipper Steve Smith and later named Samson as their skipper for the 14th season of the tournament.
Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings have played 21 matches in the IPL so far, where RR have registered a win on 12 occasions.
In a bid to clinch second title, Rajasthan Royals let go of Australia's Steve Smith, promoting Sanju Samson as their new skipper for the upcoming IPL 2021. Royals' spin-bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule feels the side will perform well under Samson as the Kerala wicketkeeper-batsman has good leadership qualities.
Royals, who had won the inaugural title in 2008, will start their IPL 2021 campaign against Punjab Kings on April 12.
Royals, who had won the inaugural title in 2008, will start their IPL 2021 campaign against Punjab Kings on April 12.
Samson, after joining the Rajasthan side in 2013, has played 79 games and scored 1907 of his 2584 IPL runs.
Rajasthan Royals named Sanju Samson as their new skipper for the impending IPL 2021 season, after parting ways with Steve Smith.
The 26-year-old batted at number four in all the three T20Is against Australia, registering scores of 23, 15 and 10.
In three T20I games against the Aussies, Samson's scores were - 23, 15, 10.
After they spilled a few simple chances in the ODI series, the Indians let the Australia openers off the hook in the first T20 International on Friday.
Samson made a 15-ball 23 and took the important catch, a relatively tough one, to dismiss the dangerous Steve Smith as India defeated Australia by 11 runs.
Chahal, who was not in the original squad, came in as concussion substitute for Jadeja and grabbed 3 for 25 in a match-winning performance.
This was second successful run-chase for Rajasthan Royals in back-to-back games with Ben Stokes starring again with a half-century.
Ben Stokes 50, followed by Sanju Samson 48 fire RR to victory over KXIP despite a Gayle storm; RR go level on points with KXIP in battle for play-off berth.
Rajasthan rode on a blistering 107 by Stokes and an equally aggressive 54 by Samson to overhaul the 196-run target with 10 balls to spare.
The clamour to have the enormously gifted Kerala batsman play regularly for the national team has grown over the years and knocks of 74 (32 balls) and 85 (42 balls) have only amplified the noise.
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