There are cricketers whose batting you admire for it contains all the thrills and varieties that you would expect from a modern day entertainer- a story worth telling and re telling for times to come. Then there are batters who have a bit of everything in them and their skill sets. They have all the explosive strokes that would make them an entertainer and also, at the same time, the cricketing smarts that could serve the team well in the longer run, which brings in the element of bankability. The latter, perhaps, at best, describes someone like Sanju Samson.

A compelling batter who warrants appreciation

Given the kind of hardwork and the ups and downs that he has seen and endured particularly speaking in the last 18-24 months, one could say, hasn’t been evidenced by another current member of the Indian Cricket team.

But is Samson needed in the one day set up?

That’s whilst we already know he has sort of become a symbol of perpetuity in the shortest form for national duties?  

Particularly at a time where there is no Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the one day set up for Team India and where the likes of Shivam Dube and the others like the left hander are often in and out of the team, then perhaps having Sanju Samson in the fifty over format augurs well for the Indian team. After all; he is neither any stranger to the challenges and rigour needed to excel at the highest annals of the modern day white ball game nor is he any bereft of the experience.

Moreover, his recent numbers justify his presence and warrant him to be treated with more affection and seriousness.

After having a splendid white ball T20 World Cup 2026 outing where he cracked multiple fifties and all of them, in a winning cause for India, Samson sort of further cemented his position as someone who could be looked as a batting mainstay of sorts.

And he was richly loved for the composure he showed particularly under pressure.

What’s more?

In the most recent times, the thinking batter who can swiftly change gears when he bats has already hit 2 amazing centuries already in the IPL and that too, in a winning cause for his famous Chennai team.

He’s at the top of the order. He’s showing great cricketing dexterity. Is nicely absorbing pressure and getting along well where it comes to the very challenging but at the same time all important task of changing gears to further consolidate his team’s position.

Patience has its reward

Now having said all the above and in lines with the aforementioned consideration, it can be said that finally Sanju Samson is finally all set to reap the rich dividend of having to wait patiently for his time and for his moment to shine. And finally it seems that in the current circumstances, the Indian Cricket board is finally seriously considering of drafting in someone of Samson’s reliable ilk.

Which means that the stoic and dependable right hander may finally be seen in the colours of blue wearing the much adored bright blue one day jersey. And should that happen sooner than any later, what a winning moment or feeling would that be for Sanju and his legions of fans, isn’t it?