Ahead of the 19th season of the IPL (IPL 2026), Chennai Super Kings made the biggest trade of the season, acquiring Sanju Samson. Chennai and Rajasthan Royals sealed this significant deal. Chennai had to hand over two star all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, to the Royals in exchange for Sanju. However, they happily accepted the deal for Sanju. Now that it has been confirmed that Sanju will play for CSK in IPL 2026, fans are eager to know what his jersey number will be.
Sanju Samson’s CSK jersey number revealed
Many experts are citing Sanju as a potential replacement for Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni, who is 44 years old, has not yet retired from the league, but it is believed that he could announce his retirement at any time during this season. It is also possible that he may announce his retirement before the auction for the next season, scheduled for December 16th. He has now retired from international cricket for over five years.
Chennai now has a fantastic wicketkeeper-batsman, who bats at the top of the order and keeps wickets well. This wicketkeeper-batsman is also a regular for the Indian team in the T20 format. Meanwhile, Sanju’s yellow jersey number will be 11.
Sanju has been assigned the number 9 jersey in the Indian team, as the number 11 jersey belongs to senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami. Shami and Sanju have not yet played for the same team in the IPL, so they both wear the number 11 jersey for their respective teams. Sanju has also been allotted this jersey number by Chennai Super Kings. Previously, Samson played for the Rajasthan Royals for the past eight years.
Sanju’s IPL stats
Speaking of Sanju’s IPL career so far, the player, who made his debut in 2013, has played for only two teams. Chennai is his third IPL team. In a career spanning 14 seasons, Sanju has played 12 times for Rajasthan Royals and once for Delhi Capitals. He has scored 4704 runs in 177 matches, including 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries.