'Is it even necessary?' - Aakash Chopra opines on Sanju Samson's father's recent controversial statement

Sanju Samson is in top form. The Kerala batter scored two back-to-back centuries in T20Is recently. First up, he scored 111 off 47 balls against Bangladesh and followed it up with a splendid 107 off 50 balls against South Africa in the first T20I of the ongoing four-match series in the Rainbow Nation. Samson debuted for India in 2015 in a T20I against Zimbabwe. As the batter is relishing his best time playing for India, he is part of the headlines for a different reason of late.

The batter has since been included in the Indian team irregularly. He has a strong social media fanbase which repeatedly demands the batter to be backed properly. Interestingly, Samson’s father has also recently stated that his son could not get enough opportunities because of senior Indian players and former players. The statement, however, was termed “unnecessary” by former India cricketer Aakash Chopra.

"Sanju Samson's father has said something very interesting. He put Ji after Kohli, Dhoni, Rohit and Dravid's names and said that they spoiled 10 years of his son's career. I start thinking is it even necessary? I will be very honest," Chopra said on his YouTube channel. 

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We have seen this in Yograj Singh and Yuvraj Singh's case: Chopra

Chopra, however, understood the concern and related the general fatherly emotions towards their respective child. He also cited the infamous Yograj Singh interviews where the former India cricketer alleged MS Dhoni to have destroyed Yuvraj Singh’s career.

"Since I am a father, I can tell you that fathers are biased. Our children are the dearest to us and we don't see any of their shortcomings. The same must be true for my father. He might be saying that Aakash was wronged and he also should have got more opportunities," Chopra observed.

"We have seen this in Yograj Singh and Yuvraj Singh's case. Yograj Singh says something and then Yuvi is unable to figure out what he should say. He wants to disassociate himself, that he doesn't think like that. So the fathers' comments don't help. What will you gain from it? Whatever has passed has passed," Chopra concluded.