MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson Player Battle - TESTS, ODIs, T20Is and IPL Stats

By Rishab Dutta Apr 27, 2023 4:03 AM IST

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: India is a nation of culture, vivacity, devotion, history, and many more, but in this nation full of people going to universities, there are a few who travel to the grounds, and they form one of the most elite people who swell up the chest of every Indian with pride. Talking about sportsmen, India plays cricket as its most fascinating sport now.

When it comes to Indian cricket, we have many legends to talk of, but the first name that comes to everyone's mind now is Virat Kohli. Others include the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Sehwag, Yuvi, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, and many more. But among them all, one name is always found molded in gold, and that is that of the heart of Indian cricket: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The legendary cricketer has aced it as a batsman, but even keeping that aside, he is one of the greatest pioneers of Indian cricket.

Today, we compare Dhoni with Sanju Samson, a unique talent of Indian cricket who has never had as many opportunities as he deserved and would be needed by him to portray his talent in international cricket.

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: TESTS

The Ranchi boy is not considered one of the greatest players in the longer format of the game, but he has been an eminent scorer in the format as well. On the other hand, we have Samson, who has not played a single match for India in the longer format.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	90	4876	38.09	33	6	224
Sanju Samson	?---	?-	?-	?-	?-	?--

Since Samson has not played a single international test match, he will enlighten you with the domestic stats of both of these players.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	131	7038	36.84	47	9	224
Sanju Samson	58	3446	38.71	15	10	211

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: ODIs

Dhoni is the only batsman in international cricket who has scored 10,000+ runs coming at a position often so late in the innings. Probably only the second wicketkeeper batter to score this many runs in limited-overs cricket, just behind the Lankan maestro Sangakara.?

On the other hand, Samson didn't have many opportunities to play in Indian colors in limited-overs cricket. Even before he was founded, he made the most of the opportunities he received from his national side. Though often considered one of India's best options to bat in the middle order, he is given tough competition in this format by KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant in the other two.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	350	10773	50.57	73	10	183*
Sanju Samson	11	330	66.00	2	0	86*

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: Domestic List-A Career

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	423	13353	50.38	87	17	183*
Sanju Samson	115	3014	32.40	17	1	212*

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: T20I

This is probably the strongest format for Sanju Samson, as he aces playing in the shortest format of the game. Though Dhoni is also considered the best finisher in white-ball cricket and has been one of the first players to go on to be the maestro of the format, his game strategy is more important than his batting.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	98	1617	37.60	2	0	56
Sanju Samson	17	301	20.06	1	0	77

MS Dhoni vs Sanju Samson: IPL

MS Dhoni - Caption CSK (Image Credit: Twitter)

Dhoni is not only one of the greatest players in the league or the most comprehensive finisher, but he is also the most successful captain, even in the Indian Premier League.

Samson, on the other hand, has also delivered several sublime innings with the bat, and now as skipper of the Royals, he has also gained widespread recognition as he led them to their second final after 11 editions.

Name	Matches	Runs	Average	50s	100s	HS
MS Dhoni	241	5039	39.37	24	0	84*
Sanju Samson	145	3707	28.96	19	3	119

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