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The Rajasthan Royals skipper said football has always been close to his heart.
The stumper-batter on Thursday posted a photo of him with his elder brother Saly and his dad Viswanath Samson on the latter's birthday.
Kerala (21 points) missed out to Jharkhand (23) for the second qualifying spot behind group-toppers Karnataka (35).
The Member of Parliament secured more votes than the other three finalists, Nanjiyamma, Sanju Samson and EP Jayarajan.
Samson hurt his knee while fielding in the series opener in Mumbai, which India won by two runs on Tuesday.
Talking about Sanju, another ex-Indian opener Gautam Gambhir said it's high time that the right-handed batter garabbed his chances in the T20I setup.
Virat Kohli and K L Rahul are also not part of the shortest format and there is an indication that the duo along with Rohit might not be picked again keeping the 2024 T20 World Cup in mind.
Facing a daunting target of 395 for a win, Kerala finished their second innings at 299 for 8 wickets.
Rajasthan, who resumed on 310/5, lost their last five wickets for just 27 runs as the hosts were bowled out for 337.
Rohan Prem, Sanju Samson and Rohan Kunnummal struck half-centuries.