India wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson's father Samson Viswanath gets emotional while talking about Kerala Cricket Association's (KCA) ties with his son ahead of Champions Trophy 2025. Samson's father alleged that his son Sanju is not safe with KCA.
Samson is currently part of Suryakumar-Yadav-led India's T20I squad for the five T20I series scheduled to start from January 22. The wicketkeeper batter is in Kolkata where India will play the first T20I at Eden Gardens.
In the exclusive conversation with Sports Tak, Sanju's father started crying while talking about his son's ties with KCA.
"My kids are not safe here. These people in Kerala Cricket Association will ruin my son I want to take him out from the cricket board" Sanju Samson's father told Sports Tak.
Samson Viswanath lavished praise on India head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav for giving chances to Sanju.
"Suryakumar Yadav and Gautam Gambhir gave a chance to my son and I am very grateful to them. They gave a chance to my son by witnessing his potential" added Viswanath.
While asked about Sanju Samson's snub from India's Champions Trophy 2025 squad, his father said that he is not disappointed with the Rohit Sharma-led squad.
"There is no need to be disappointed. I'm telling you right now, the team that has been chosen in the Champions Trophy is no less" said Samson Viswanath.
Sanju recently started featuring as an opener in T20Is and the new batting position suited him as the wicketkeeper batter smashed three T20I tons in his last five outings in the shortest format of the game.
(Interview by Shaziya Abbas)