Indian batsman Sanju Samson's father, Vishwanath Samson, has accused Indian star cricketers Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma of wasting 10 precious years of his son's career by not giving him a chance to play.

 

Talking to Indian media, he said,  "There are three to four captains and coaches like (MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Rahul Dravid) whose decisions ruined 10 years of my son's career. They hurt him."

 

Sanju's father also took a dig at former cricketer Samson Viswanath, saying, "The thing which hurt me after Sanju's first century of his career against Bangladesh was the comments of cricketer Samson Viswanath in which he said, 'Sanju scored a century against whom? Against Bangladesh?'"

 

Vishwanath said, "A century is a century, and Srikanth himself scored only 26 runs against Bangladesh. Sanju is a cricketer with a classical touch like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid."

 

Sanju Samson is part of the Indian playing XI in the ongoing four-match T20 series against South Africa.

 

In the opening match of the series, Sanju played a record-breaking 107-run innings off 50 balls. With his brilliant century, he played an important role in the victory of the Indian team.

 

Earlier, Sanju had played a brilliant innings of 111 runs off 47 balls for India against Bangladesh.