At this point, Sanju Samson is only a fancy name in Indian cricket corridor. The reason? The Kerala and Rajasthan Royals captain has found no place in India Cricket Team for IND vs AUS T20 series. He was also omitted from ODI World Cup squad in favour of Suryakumar Yadav. As for India vs Australia series, Jitesh Sharma was deemed a better fit as Ishan Kishan is the first-choice wicket keeper.
As reported by InsideSport earlier, Ishan Kishan’s selection could spell doom for Sanju Samson. And this is exactly what has happened. Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee has preferred Ishan over Sanju in IND vs AUS T20 series. Jitesh Sharma is the backup wicketkeeper.
Furthermore, with T20 World Cup 2024 just 7 months away, the India Cricket Team will officially begin preparations. And that could force the selectors to try out someone like Rinku Singh and Shivam Dube as explosive hitters.
Sanju Samson vs Ishan Kishan
| International (Last 12 months) | IPL 2023 | |||||||
| Player | Inn | Runs | Avg | SR | Inn | Runs | Avg | SR |
| Sanju Samson | 6 | 78 | 15.6 | 127.86 | 14 | 362 | 30.17 | 153.39 |
| Ishan Kishan | 10 | 143 | 14.3 | 95.33 | 16 | 454 | 30.27 | 142.77 |
As Sanju Samson misses the bus for India vs Australia T20 series, he is very much in doubt to make it to the T20 World Cup 2024 squad.
What the RR captain needs is his best show in IPL 2024 to win back the team management and selectors’ trust.
India squad for IND vs AUS T20
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar
Note: Shreyas Iyer will join the squad as vice-captain for the last two T20Is in Raipur and Bengaluru.
