Everyone wants Sanju, 'Samson' jersey unavailable; Vendors profit by sharply increasing prices

AHMEDABAD: Only hours are left to end the excitement as to whether Suryakumar Yadav and his team will make history as the team that retains the Twenty20 World Cup title or whether the big cup will board the flight to Kiwis. The Twenty20 World Cup finals between India and New Zealand are being held in Ahmedabad at 7 pm tonight. Cricket fans are flocking to the stadium in Ahmedabad.

Street vendors are active near the stadium, selling jerseys and other items. If you ask them whose jersey they sold the most, Malayalees will keep their fingers on their noses. The jersey of Malayali cricketer Sanju Samson is the one that fans are asking for the most. As the demand for Sanju's jersey increased, the vendors made huge profits by increasing the price of it alone. Some vendors are disappointed that Sanju's jersey ran out so quickly.

This trend in front of the Ahmedabad stadium indicates that Sanju has become the most loved player in the Indian cricket. Fans and critics are now saying in one voice that Sanju Samson is better than anyone in the Indian team. Sanju brought out such an innings in the semi-final entry. That single innings of Sanju that even the naysayers applauded, his unbeaten 97 off 50 balls, with 12 fours and four sixes, will be written in history in golden letters. Fans have been waiting for an innings like this from Sanju for more than a decade.

Earlier, when a journalist asked whether Sanju Samson would be given a chance at the Indian team's press conference, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav asked in which position he would play Sanju. The same Suryakumar Yadav who asked in a slightly sarcastic manner whether Sanju should be played in the place of Abhishek Sharma or Tilak Verma, welcomed Sanju Samson, who returned from defeating the West Indies at Eden Gardens the other day, with his cap on his head and bowing his head.