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Xtra Time Web Desk: Sanju Samson's father has delivered an unfiltered statement calling out four Indian Captains. He blamed Rohit, Kohli, Dhoni, and coach Rahul Dravid saying they didn't give Sanju enough chances to prove himself.

Recently, Sanju smashed a brilliant century against South Africa to break into the headlines. Since his T20 debut, he has been gone through many up and downs. Sometimes he performed and sometimes he couldn't. He had the reputation for being erratic which may have prevented him from earning a stable berth in the Indian T20I squad for almost ten years.

Since the retirement of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, Sanju seems getting chances. Now directly his father is calling out the big figures of Indian cricket. In a video Sanju's father Samson Vishwanath has been found saying, "There are 3-4 people who wasted 10 years of my son's vital career...captains like Dhoni ji, Virat [Kohli] ji, Rohit [Sharma] ji and coach [Rahul] Dravid ji. These four people destroyed 10 years of my son's life but the more they hurt him, the stronger Sanju came out of the crisis."

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He has been caught accusing former BCCI chief selector and 1983 World Cup winner, Kris Srikkanth for his comments on the India wicket-keeper. He stated, "What hurt me really bad was comments from [Kris Srikkanth], the player from Tamil Nadu. I don't know what he has played. To this day, that individual has not spoken a good word of encouragement about my son, but has hurt him a lot with his words."

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He further added, "He said - 'against whom did Sanju score a century? It was only Bangladesh,'. People have been saying he [Srikkanth] was a great player but I haven't seen it. Century is a century, and that guy has scored only 26 runs against Bangladesh. Sanju has scored a hundred and he is a player with a classical touch like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. At least respect that!"

Are all his allegations are baseless or these should be taken seriously? Will these statements affect Sanju anyhow? All these questions are coming out right now!