Rajasthan Royals Social Media Team Sacked After Making Fun Of Captain Sanju Samson On Twitter; Franchise Issues Statement

IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals have decided to dismiss their current social media team in the aftermath of skipper Sanju Samson‘s fuming over a social media post uploaded on the franchise’s official Twitter handle on Friday.

Rajasthan Royals’ social media team posted a picture of Samson with some additional glittering filters on the player’s face. Samson was seen seating in the team bus and wore black spectacles and an Arabian prince turban on his head. The franchise captioned:‘Kya khoob lagte ho’ (You’re looking gorgeous) with a couple of emojis added to it.

Sanju Samson slams Rajasthan Royals’ Twitter post

A furious Samson couldn’t control himself and rebuked the post through his official Twitter account. The Rajasthan Royals skipper quoted the tweet and wrote:

“Its ok for friends to do all this but teams should be professional..@rajasthanroyals.”

Its ok for friends to do all this but teams should be professional..@rajasthanroyals https://t.co/X2iPXl7oQu

— Sanju Samson (@IamSanjuSamson) March 25, 2022

Rajasthan Royals to appoint new social media team

After Samson slammed the post, the franchise was forced to delete the tweet from its page but it was too late as the captain had already unfollowed them on Twitter but continues to follow the team’s official Instagram handle. But that wasn’t enough as Rajasthan Royals issued an apology for the entire incident that took place and announced to appoint a totally new social media team in the coming days.

“In light of today’s events, we will be making changes to our approach and team on social media. Everything is well within the squad ahead of the first game as the boys prepare for SRH (game),”  Rajasthan Royals issued a statement after Samson’s sharp disapproval to their cringe post on Twitter. 

“The management will revisit our overall digital strategy and appoint a new team in due course. We realise that it is the IPL season and the fans want the account to post updates regularly. We will find temporary solutions in the interim,” the statement further read.

https://t.co/bDwj0V6Vms pic.twitter.com/tXfaLpoOxl

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) March 25, 2022

Rajasthan Royals will play their first game of IPL 2022 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 29 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.

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