Ignored? Dropped? Dealt unfairly with? What’s the adjective? What’s the key buzzword that strikes you at the very moment where it comes to a familiar name of Indian cricket whose journey is still perhaps riddled with more questions and answers that episodes marked with big smiles? Because if you are a certain Sanju Samson, then truth be told, you just don’t know! And moreover, that’s not all; the big question is than what else can Sanju Samson do to make himself feel worthy of perhaps some respect that after playing no fewer than 65 T20 internationals he must be accorded!
Depending on whether you follow Indian cricket closely or from some distance, the man in question is Sanju Samson and not for the first time, amid uncomfortable headlines.
Rather in midst of a big headache. At the back of a lame outing with the bat as seen in the last 3 T20 contests, Sanju Samson has been dropped because he wasn’t able to make runs. He did score a naught and managed single digit scores. Which is something that can happen to the best in the business, for example, take Ravi Bishnoi, widely recognised as a good and talented spinner going for no fewer than 60 runs off his 4 overs in India’s last T20 game versus England.
What is discomforting and perhaps strangely unfair is that the same Sanju Samson who’s been sidelined for the Zimbabwe tour- where India are to play 3 T20 contests in the African nation- was not just the top run getter for his CSK side in the recent IPL but in fact, the player of the tournament for India in the World Cup.
The very format in which Samson no longer finds himself in the Indian team is the one he aced with absolute brilliance when India hosted the T20 World Cup.
Sad decision? A bit too bitter then, perhaps? It’s anyone’s call.
What is perhaps being ignored as that’s not being anyone’s fanboy is the talent of the very man who helped India a great deal and played the lion’s part in the team lifting it’s third World Cup title in the shortest format. He did so by scoring 321 runs and with those some cracking, match wining fifties.
Sanju Samson IPL and T20 World Cup Performance
Also, by the way, Sanju Samson was among the few distinguished batters with a classy century in the IPL 2026. But when it comes to giving some new names their chance, which must absolutely happen for new talent ought to be discovered, those with the power to select the team have looked at Sanju who has to bite the bullet.
This is the batter with 373 runs and a strike rate of over 180 in 2026 and would certainly have liked to bounce back after the recent et misfires with the bat.
