WATCH: Sanju Samson Recalls How MS Dhoni Made His 'Dream Come True'

During an Instagram live chat with Chennai Super Kings, Sanju Samson recalled how former skipper MS Dhoni made his dream come true.

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Team India young wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson, who made his debut in the year 2015 against Zimbabwe in Harare, has scored over 3000 runs in the shortest format of the game (T20Is) but still, he has played very few games for his national squad. Since Samson's debut, Indian cricket team has played over 70 T20-International games but Samson has been absent from the dressing room for longest of time. However, after impressing the selectors in the domestic circuit, Samson got a few opportunities to play some T20Is for team India. During an Instagram live chat with Chennai Super Kings, Sanju Samson recalled how former skipper MS Dhoni made his dream come true. Sanju spoke highly of the world-winning skipper and said he first got the opportunity to share the dressing room with Dhoni when he was just 19-years-old, during team India's tour of England. "After the England tour I didn't play for India for five years," Samson said. "For those five years, I was dreaming of playing for India, I was literally dreaming," he said.

Sanju Samson who just adores #Thala Dhoni narrates a dream that came 7rue, and uncannily so! @IamSanjuSamson VC: @RuphaRamani #WhistlePodu 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/aMEjJBY0bD

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 4, 2020

"I had a dream that Mahi bhai is the captain of the team and he is changing fields," Samson said. "I was standing in slip and he said 'Sanju, wahan jaa (go there),' and I ran to the position," he said. "After a few days, we got the news that he has stepped down from captaincy. So, I was thinking how will that dream come true? I don't think that is going to happen," Samson continued. "After a few weeks, we played a match in Mumbai, with India A against England, for which they asked him to captain," Samson said. "And I was standing in the slips and he said 'Sanju, udhar jaa', and I ran to position, so finally that dream happened," he said.