Aaron Finch commend Sanzhou Samson The way he integrated into his new team, call him a superstar chennai super kings Been waiting to join their lineup for a long time.Samson debuts in IPL 2026 after historic deal of Rs 18 crore rajasthan royals to CSK. The wicketkeeper-batsman has emerged as one of the standout performers this season, scoring 402 runs in 10 games at an average of 57.42 and remaining firmly in the Orange Cap.In CSK’s latest match against Delhi Capitals, Samson scored an unbeaten 87 off 52 balls on a tricky surface to win the Man of the Match award. During the tournament, he also created history by becoming the first batsman to score 100-plus runs twice with Delhi Capitals in a single IPL season.Earlier in the tournament, Samson scored an unbeaten 115 runs against Delhi Capitals in Chennai, followed by an unbeaten 101 runs against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. He also crossed the milestone of 5,000 IPL runs in April 2026 against Kolkata Knight Riders for CSK.
However, Samson’s season got off to a rocky start. Closing a deal involving a blockbuster deal Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curranhe started IPL 2026 with three single-digit scores, but they all ended in defeat for CSK. From then on, the wicketkeeper-batsman turned his campaign around, scoring three 50-plus scores in the last seven innings, including a decisive unbeaten 87 against Delhi Capitals.Aaron Finch heaps praises on Sanju Samson, calls him a superstar for Chennai Super Kings, “He missed the first few games, didn’t he? Suddenly there was a huge panic: ‘What did CSK do, they got Sanju Samson and he didn’t perform well. Two T20 games are nothing. It’s very difficult to be consistent throughout the season. You probably can’t underestimate the pressure that comes with joining a team like CSK. It’s a huge signing, especially when you trade someone like Jadeja,” Finch said on ESPNcricinfo. “Although he (Samson) had a dream at the end of the T20 World Cup and then he came to CSK and missed a couple of times, there was still some pride and pressure, almost some feeling that you might exaggerate it a little bit in your own mind that you want to come into a new team and really put down a mark and say ‘I’m here’ and that’s what you were traded for and the superstar you always aspired to be. So, the fact is it’s good to see him batting at a different level,” he added.
