New Delhi: Indian cricket team member and Malayali Sanju Samson has reportedly expressed interest in Ireland cricket team to play for their country. This has been reported by various national sports media. The President of Ireland Cricket Association has come forward with a promise to Sanju. It is reported that he has assured that Sanju will be made the captain of the Ireland cricket team and will play in all the matches.
“If Sanju is in our national team, he will play every match. He is a very talented batsman and one of those rare talents. We are giving him an offer to play for our national team. Our team needs a skipper and batsman like him. “If the Indian team ignores him, join us, we will respect him and allow him to play all the matches,” said the president of the Ireland Cricket Association.
But it is reported that Sanju rejected this offer. Sanju thanked Ireland for considering him but said he could only play for India and could never think of playing cricket for another country. “I would like to thank the President of Cricket Ireland for considering me, but I cannot accept his offer. I started cricket to play in the Indian national cricket team. Don’t want to play for another country. I can’t play like that. “I cannot accept this offer, sorry to Ireland Cricket President,” said Sanju Samson.
Sanju Samson replied to Ireland that he will wait and work hard for it even if he doesn’t get a place in the regular playing eleven. It is noteworthy that this report comes amid allegations that Sanju is constantly being neglected by Indian cricket. The BCCI was criticized for not including Sanju in the Indian squad for the Twenty20 World Cup and the squad for the Bangladesh tour.
English Summary: Ireland Cricket team wants to have Sanju Samson in their team