Despite being included in the Twenty20 team against Sri Lanka, Malayalee player Sanju Samson was left out of the ODI team. Despite his brilliant performance in the ODI format in 2022, the star is destined to be out in the new year.
The star has scored 284 runs from nine innings for India in the season. Of these five times the note is Ot. Still, the Indian management continues to ignore the star, which angers the fans. Since it is the year of ODI World Cup, 50 over match should be given more importance than T20. However, the player was included in the Twenty20 team.
Even when Rishabh Pant did not play in the ODI team against Sri Lanka, Sanju was not included, which shocked the fans. Instead, BCCI has included Ishan Kishan as a wicket-keeper batsman. KL as backup. And Rahul. Although Rahul is not a regular wicket keeper, he was a star behind the wicket in the match against Bangladesh.
Sanju’s supporters and fans are protesting against the BCCI’s decision to drop the wicketkeeper-batsman from the ODI team. So far, Sanju has played 11 ODIs for India. Ten of them are this year. He last played against New Zealand on November 25. He scored 36 runs off 38 balls.
“When BCCI was preparing the T20 team for 2022 World Cup, they kept Sanju Samson for ODI, now while preparing the ODI team for 2023 World Cup, they have shifted Sanju to T20 team” – Deendayal Yadav posted on Twitter. ‘Why are they doing this to Sanju Samson again and again!!!!!!’ – says another tweet.
Another fan asks how Sanju Samson can be left out of the ODI squad. Minister V has suspected a clear plan behind Sanju’s exclusion from the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Shivankutty responded. The Minister also wrote on Facebook that Malayalee Sanju Samson is a player who can be played in any position in the batting order.
Critics also point out that Sanju is only considered when sending the second-tier team in series where senior players including Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are rested.