Team India keeper-batter Sanju Samson's father Samson Vishwanath has made some explosive claims about some of the elite national cricketers, blaming them for ruining their son's career. Samson's father also stated that former chief selector Kris Srikkanth hardly had anything good to say about the Kerala-born cricketer. A video of the same emerged on social media.

"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."