{"id":256407,"date":"2025-11-11T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256407\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T07:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T07:30:08","slug":"sanju-samson-trade-all-but-confirmed-by-csks-super-birthday-post-for-keeper-batter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256407\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanju Samson trade all but confirmed by CSK’s \u2018Super Birthday\u2019 post for keeper-batter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chennai Super Kings may not have made an official trade announcement yet, but their social media has said plenty.<\/p>\n

\"Sanju Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad.(IPL) <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, November 11, CSK\u2019s official X handle posted a birthday wish for the current RR captain, Sanju Samson, with the caption: \u201cMore power to you, Sanju! Wishing you a super birthday!\u201d along with a celebratory graphic. In the middle of the intense trade chatter, that read less like a neutral greeting and more like a soft launch of their next marquee signing.<\/p>\n

A birthday wish that sounds like a welcome message<\/p>\n

The post dropped barely hours after multiple reports reiterated that the Ravindra Jadeja<\/a>, Sam Curran – Sanju Samson trade is on track, with all three players having given their consent and the paperwork expected to be completed within a 48-hour window. Under IPL regulations, once franchises initiate a trade, the league and, in Curran\u2019s case, ECB must clear the move before it becomes official, which explains the silence from CSK and Rajasthan Royals so far.<\/p>\n

\"Chennai Chennai Super King’s post for Sanju Samson.(@ChennaiIPL\/x.com) <\/p>\n

But franchises rarely spotlight opposition captains with such glowing messaging when there is no connection. Coming back to the repeated reports that Sanju Samson<\/a> will head to Chennai with Jadeja and Curran moving to the Royals, CSK\u2019s more power to you feels like a not-so-subtle nod to their future wicketkeeper-batter and potential long-term leader.<\/p>\n

From a cricketing perspective, the move is easy to understand. Samson has been one of the best top-order batters in IPL in the last few seasons. Over, he has over 4,300 IPL runs at a strike rate close to 140 and has captained RR to the IPL 2022 finals, along with a win percentage above 51. For a CSK side plotting life after MS Dhoni, a 31-year-old Indian keeper-batter with proven leadership credentials is almost the perfect succession plan.<\/p>\n

There is, however, a fascinating sub-plot: Samson\u2019s record at Chepauk is modest – just 59 runs in five UOL innings at an average of 11.80 at a strike rate of 100. If the trade goes through, one of his first tasks will be to turn his toughest venue into his new fortress.<\/p>\n

For now, the birthday post has only added fuel to an already raging fire. Until the BCCI rubber-stamp arrives, Samson remains a Royals player on paper. But on Social Media – and in the minds of many Chennai fans – he already looks like the next Super King being welcomed with a whistle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chennai Super Kings may not have made an official trade announcement yet, but their social media has said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28021,1721,106531,106532,9316,6975,101,11024,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-256407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-chennai-super-kings","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-ipl-2022-finals","11":"tag-ipl-trade","12":"tag-ravindra-jadeja","13":"tag-sanju-samson","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-trade-deal","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}