New Delhi: Young wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson, who has played T20 International cricket for team India recently, hasn’t been named in India’s 15-member squad for T20 World Cup 2022, set to be played from October 16 to November 13. Sadly, the talented batter did not find a spot in India’s T20 World Cup team, and Indian squads announced for T20 series against South Africa and Australia. The last time Samson played an ODI series was against Zimbabwe and his last T20I series was against Windies. Earlier this year, Samson scored the highest score in the T20I series against Ireland. Samson was ignored from India’s Asia Cup squad as well.
Rishabh Pant hasn’t been able to perform up to the mark in his recent games for India. It was being assumed that Pant’s dry run might help Samson get picked in India’s T20 World Cup squad alongside Dinesh Karthik but this did not happen. Meanwhile, some furious Sanju Samson fans vented out their anger on Twitter.
Shreyas Iyer pipping Sanju Samson to the standbys list in India’s squad is a surprise. #T20WorldCup #T20WorldCup2022
— S. Sudarshanan (@Sudarshanan7) September 12, 2022
Sanju samson
I really want indian management to try sanju samson as an opener in australia in t20 wc, guy is pure class and hits effortless sixes, true impact player🤩🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/tN1jiTQkVB— Sanju (@Proudin123) September 12, 2022
3 points of serious interest for me in today’s selection. 1. Will India go with both Pant and DK or will a specialist batter get a look in? 2. Md. Shami. 3. Samson or Shreyas surprise selection like it always happens in a WC team? Rest all just a formality. @RevSportz
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) September 12, 2022
Have some shame ignore Samson and picking Undeserving players..this is why we never won trophies since 2013 pic.twitter.com/crRgoFg1t3
— Anurag ™ (@RightGaps) September 12, 2022
Iyer above Samson on Australian pitches doesn’t make sense,teams aren’t gonna feed Iyer spin/full length pace anymore.
Also, going back to Shami doesn’t make sense,if they had lost trust in Avesh then they could have gone for Siraj in reserves.
— Akash Kumar Jha (@Akashkumarjha14) September 12, 2022
Fitness – 100%
Technique and Shot Selection – 100%
Hitting ability ✓
Dedication 100%Yet He is not even Considered as an Option in the team. India is failed to use One of the Best T20 player of the country.#Sanju#sanjusamson#samson #Sanju @IamSanjuSamson #T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/ukGJtb3tXI
— madan Parmar Nimboda (@MParmars) September 11, 2022
India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
Standby players – Mohd. Shami, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi, Deepak Chahar.