Deepak Hooda won the IPL with SRH in 2016.
The Indian Premier League has provided an excellent platform for young cricketers to develop their skills in competitive cricket throughout the years. Many of them have helped teams like the Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Kolkata Knight Riders win the IPL on a number of occasions.
However, there have been several players who have been a part of previous IPL winning teams but are unknown to cricket fans. They didn’t have a big impact on the teams’ performances or championship victories, but they did well for their IPL teams or national teams in the years after that.
These youths received valuable experience while playing for these prominent teams and have become very well-known white-ball players for quite some time.
5. lesser-known players have won an Indian Premier League trophy.
5. Sanju Samson – Knight Riders in the 2012 Indian Premier League
Sanju Samson, the Rajasthan Royals’ current captain, and wicketkeeper has already won an IPL title. He made his Kerala state team debut at the age of 17 in the 2011/12 season. In the same season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored 69 runs in three outings and was selected by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2012 Indian Premier League.
Samson, however, was unable to appear in any of the games due to stiff opposition from Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, and Manoj Tiwari. Under the guidance of Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders rewrote history by winning the first IPL championship.
Samson made his IPL debut the following year with the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) and eventually earned a national call-up as well. Samson scored his highest run total of 484 runs in the 2021 season and was retained ahead of the IPL 2022 auction. This season, the wicketkeeper-batsman will want to win the championship as captain.