Twitter unhappy after Sanju Samson wasn’t considered in the India XI for the Bangladesh T20Is

Sanju Samson has been doing the rounds in the Indian cricketing circuit for a significant amount of time. However, the Kerala batsman has been going through a bit of travails. He forayed into the scene as a youngster, playing for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). After a few games, he was being deemed as the next big thing in cricket in the Asian country.

But he couldn’t quite replicate the same touch in the domestic games and hence, couldn’t break into the Indian eleven. Samson made his debut way back in 2015 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. Earlier this year, the Young Turk got a sparkling double century in the 2019-20 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Thereafter, he got a lot of praises from the cricketing fraternity.

Sanju Samson warms the benches

The stupendous show earned him a place in the national squad for the three-match T20I series versus Bangladesh. Along with Rishabh Pant, the Men in Blue went with Samson as well as a keeping option. Pant hasn’t quite been able to show his true class in the T20I format and therefore, many people reckoned that Samson could go on and get a chance against the mighty Tigers.

But unfortunately, that wasn’t the case as Samson was left out on all three instances. Going into the third and final T20I at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, India only made a solitary change. The side, led by Rohit Sharma, dropped Krunal Pandya and roped in Manish Pandey. The track in Nagpur is tough for batting and hence, India decided to strengthen their batting.

It invariably means that Shivam Dube, who is in the team more for his batting, may have to roll his arms over for four overs. As far as the encounter is concerned, Bangladesh won the toss and had no hesitation to field first. During the toss, even Rohit said that the hosts would have preferred to bowl as well. In the meantime, the netizens are definitely not happy with India leaving out Samson.

Here is how Twitter vented its frustration after Samson wasn’t picked

You people will kill such a wonderful talented batsman-Sanju samson

— Arjun Anandh (@arjunanandh88) November 10, 2019

How to kill a wonderful talented batsman? Indian team can be an example for not selecting Sanju Samson. #INDvsBAN

— Arjun Anandh (@arjunanandh88) November 10, 2019

Still there is No #SanjuSamson after just #onebadseries out of #Indiasquadfor3yeats why???? while #Rishabh is in #playing11 after continues failure for #1year

— Amit Rai (@kgamit7) November 10, 2019

Sanju samson excellent player in slow tracks should have played him ahead of KL

— ANOOP (@ANOOP18660127) November 10, 2019

England Dropped Their Centurion David Malan For Rotation policy and here can't even drop Fraud Kl Rahul for Sanju samson. #INDvBAN

— 🤔 (@_The_Bapu7) November 10, 2019

#AskStar Again injustice for Sanju Samson. No single chance for him again. Wastage of talent and too many chances to Pant.

— Ashish Chauhan (@599ashish) November 10, 2019

@BCCI why not give chance to sanju samson 😠😠#removepant

— Siddharth Tripathi (@Siddhar70188915) November 10, 2019

Every time i see KL Rahul batting, i feel for the likes of Mayank Aggarwal, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad. #INDvsBAN

— Pratyush Raj (@pratyush_RajTOI) November 10, 2019

Y we r carrying Rishabh pant
There r more players like Sanju Samson, Kisan Kisan, Dinesh Karthik

— Appanna Koredla (@Appannakoredla) November 10, 2019

@bhogleharsha Sir why are they not playing Sanju Samson?? He deserves atleast one chance!

— Shantanu (@Shaantanu_rai) November 10, 2019

It's hard to be Sanju Samson now!
He deserves a chance in the playing 11.#INDvsBAN #CBHaveYourSay

— Glen McGopi (@McGopi) November 10, 2019

@virendersehwag @GautamGambhir
Sir aaj bhi no sanju samson 😔😔😔 ek match toh try karte hum 💔💔#sanjusamson #INDvsBAN @BCCI

— ARIF SHAIKH (@iArifshaikh5) November 10, 2019

@SGanguly99 @IamSanjuSamson
Sanju samson is not included in the third match also. What a shame..

— Abhijith G (@gabhijithg) November 10, 2019

Sanju Samson's exclusion series after series just baffles me. #INDvBAN

— Be Yusuf (@barmare_yusuf) November 10, 2019

When will team india give a chance to sanju samson.! @BCCI #BANvIND #BCCI @IamSanjuSamson #samson #india

— usman faris (@usmanfaris) November 10, 2019

where is #SanjuSamson this is your #missionT20@BCCI @SGanguly99 @GautamGambhir @sachin_rt https://t.co/jXu8cvf7PX

— Thalif Thaha (@ImThalif) November 10, 2019