Sanju Samson has been appointed because the captain of Kerala’s senior males’s cricket crew for the upcoming BCCI Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025/26. The event’s Elite Group-A League Stage shall be performed in Lucknow from November 26 to December 8, 2025.The Kerala Cricket Affiliation has introduced that the crew will depart from Indore to Lucknow on November 22, 2025.Samson just lately made headlines along with his transfer to Chennai Super Kings from Rajasthan Royals in a big commerce deal. The commerce concerned gamers Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran shifting to Rajasthan Royals.Samson was a part of India’s victorious Asia Cup T20 marketing campaign within the UAE and goals to take care of his efficiency degree earlier than the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, which shall be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.The Kerala crew, underneath the steerage of former India batter Amay Khurasiya, contains a number of notable gamers. Amongst them is Vignesh Puthur, who was just lately launched by Mumbai Indians. The squad additionally options Mohammed Azharuddeen M and Rohan S Kunnummal as key gamers.The Kerala squad:Sanju V Samson (C)(WK), Rohan S Kunnummal, Mohammed Azharuddeen M (WK), Ahammed Imran (VC), Vishnu Vinod (WK), Nidheesh M.D, Asif KM, Akhil Scaria, Biju Narayanan N., Ankit Sharma, Krishna Devan R.J, Abdul Bazith P.A, Sharafuddeen N.M, Sibin P Gireesh, Krishna Prasad, Saly V Samson, Vignesh Puthur, Salman Nizar.