Yes, this has happened. In fact, Mumbai Mirror has claimed in its latest report that Rajasthan Royals is not in the mood to release Sanju Samson and this 30 -year -old player will once again be seen playing for RR in the coming season.

He quoted the source as saying in his report, “Rajasthan Royals have decided not to trade Samson or any of their players at the moment. Samson is a part of Royals Set-up and is the unquestioned captain of the team.”

Significantly, the previous season of the IPL was nothing special for Sanju Samson and due to injury, he was able to add only 285 runs in 9 matches in the season at an average of 35.62 in the season for RR.

Also know that Sanju Samson is the longest captain who is Royals. He captained RR in 67 matches from 2021 to 2025, during which the team won 33 matches, lost 32, tied 1 and remained a benti. As Captain Sanju’s winning percentage in IPL has been 49.25, which is neither very bad nor very good. In such a situation, it will be quite interesting to see whether RR’s francies sees their future with Sanju.