There are two types of Sanju Samson fans. One group supports and the other group waits for his failure. But both are Samson fans. In the second group, perhaps, Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid would fall too along with BCCI Selection Committee. Amid, expectations and rejections, Sanju Samson did what he does best in IND vs WI 3rd ODI. He smacked everything that came his way, out of the park in a blazing 41-ball 51-run knock.
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As he reached his second fifty in his last 8 innings. But there was no celebration. He looked up in the sky and as the sparse crowd shouted his name, he embraced that before his over-eagerness to hit everything got the better of him.
If Suryakumar Yadav had been in his shoes, the T20 dasher would have surely sealed the deal for Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023. But Sanju’s knock did nothing to influence selectors. A fifty is not enough, he needs to score a century. Perhaps, a century would not have been enough either.
But unperturbed, Sanju Samson left the pitch in disappointment not because he failed to impress the selectors, but failing to capitalize on an opportunity that would not come in a year’s time. Surprisingly it was the first time in 12 months that Sanju played 2 back to back games for the Men in Blue.
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A potential exclusion of Sanju Samson from the World Cup squad has not been taken well by the first set of fans. Following his blasting fifty against West Indies, cricket lovers started to voice their opinions on social media claiming that Sanju deserves a spot in the team.
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