Former England cricketer Graeme Swann, while talking about Sanju Samson's captaincy in the IPL, said he is "very calm" and is "like a young MS Dhoni". "Samson knows what is going on and reads the game well," Swann stated. He also called Samson "Mr Dependable for Rajasthan". Samson, who leads RR, has scored 356 runs in IPL 2023.