Gautam Gambhir is a Sanju Samson fanboy, reveals Aakash Chopra

Former India National Cricket Team opening batsman Aakash Chopra has made a huge revelation, stating that the head coach, Gautam Gambhir, is a true fanboy of the star wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson.

Chopra made this revelation following Samson's insane innings in the third and final T20I of the series against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team on Saturday, October 12, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad.

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Sanju Samson looked at his absolute best in the third T20I and played aggressively from ball one. He completed his fifty off just 22 balls and was quite pumped up after reaching the milestone.

However, the 29-year-old was not done there and made sure that he breached the three-figure mark. Samson accelerated further and went on to complete his ton off 40 balls, becoming the second-fastest Indian after Rohit Sharma to score a T20I hundred.

Sanju Samson was dismissed after scoring 111 runs off 47 balls, including 11 fours and sixes. His knock helped India register a historic total of 297 for 6 in the match.

Gautam Gambhir used to wait for Sanju Samson to do well for him to tweet - Aakash Chopra

The cricketer-turned-commentator was mighty impressed with Samson's ton and he opined that the head coach Gautam Gambhir would also be absolutely delighted.

Chopra revealed that Gambhir has been a huge fan of Samson and used to wait for the batter to perform well so that he could tweet. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said:

"Let's talk about Sanju Samson, the phenomenon. Gautam Gambhir had tweeted a few years ago that Sanju Samson is not only India's best wicketkeeper-batter but the best young batter in the country. Once, I was interviewing him (Samson), and I told him that the only motive in his life should be to get Gautam to tweet.

"Gautam used to wait for Sanju to do well for him to tweet. Gautam was a Sanju fan. He may still be a Sanju fan because of the way he batted. Firstly, he hit five sixes in an over. He said his mentor had asked him to do so. It came to my mind why his mentor didn't talk about six sixes.

He was stepping away and hitting sixes and fours along the ground - Aakash Chopra

Chopra further lauded Samson's boundary-hitting in the third T20I. Notably, Sanju Samson even smashed Taskin Ahmed for four consecutive fours and Rishad Hossain for 5 sixes in a row. Aakash Chopra said:

"Anyway, five sixes. He was stepping away and hitting sixes and fours along the ground. You will always see that silken touch in Sanju's batting. His batting is extremely pleasing to the eye. He hits sixes while standing in his position and hits straight. He hit a six off the backfoot over cover against Mustafizur, and I was like 'Wow'."

Aakash Chopra also opined that the ton in Hyderabad was a crucial one for Sanju Samson to make his position strong in the Indian team. He elaborated:

"Sanju Samson scoring a century is a massive positive. You don't often get to bat first twice in a three-match series on good pitches with the opposing team not pushing you that much. In such a scenario, if you send the series without scoring runs, the pressure increases, and on Sanju in any case.

"His career graph has been like that. He doesn't get repeated opportunities that easily and in any case, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shubman Gill will come back at some stage. It was an important innings. So well done Sanju Samson."