Sanju Samson can make his entry in CSK special, a chance to join Dhoni's special club.

New Delhi. Sanju Samson has emerged as the biggest hero for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2026. Samson played a big role in making the Indian team the champion by scoring an unbeaten 97 in the quarter-final against West Indies, 89 in the semi-final against England, and 89 in the final against New Zealand. Samson is now eyeing a great performance in IPL 2026. Sanju Samson had shown excellent batting performance in the World Cup. If his form continues, he can achieve a big achievement in IPL 2026. This achievement is in the name of only MS Dhoni as a wicket-keeper batsman.

MS Dhoni is the only wicketkeeper batsman in IPL history who has 5000 or more runs in his name. Dhoni has scored 5439 runs with the help of 24 half-centuries in 242 innings of 278 matches between 2008 and 2025. KL Rahul has more than 5000 runs, but he has not played as a wicketkeeper in every match in his IPL career.

Sanju is very close to completing 5000 runs in IPL and joining Dhoni's special club. Samson has scored 4704 runs in 172 innings of 177 matches between 2013 and 2025, scoring 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries. After scoring 296 runs, he will complete 5000 runs in the league and he will be only the second wicket-keeper batsman to achieve this feat.

Samson will play with Dhoni only
It will be special for Samson to complete 5000 runs in the league in the upcoming season and join Dhoni's club. The reason for this is that this time he will play with Dhoni in the yellow jersey of his own team CSK. Samson was playing continuously for Rajasthan Royals since 2018. In 2021, he was made the captain of the team. In 2022, the team played the final under his captaincy. After the end of the 2025 season, he had decided to leave the team and after this CSK traded him with RR.