IND vs AUS, Sanju Samson: The Indian squad for the ODI series against Australia has been announced. But Team India’s wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has disappointed again. Sanju Samson has not been selected for the India-Australia series. However, fans on social media are now saying that all avenues for Sanju Samson’s comeback have been closed. Can Sanju Samson return to Team India now? However, recently Sanju Samson was the reserve wicketkeeper for Team India in the Asia Cup. But after the return of KL Rahul, Sanju Samson’s hopes were dashed.
So can Sanju Samson return now?
However, now the names of the players of the Indian team for the Australia series have been announced. The selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar has expressed confidence in Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul as wicketkeepers in this team. Earlier, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul had a great batting performance in the Asia Cup. Ishan Kishan played a brilliant innings at a crucial time in the league match against Pakistan. After this, KL Rahul scored an unbeaten century against Pakistan in the Super-4 round match. In fact, it will not be easy for Sanju Samson to return to Team India considering the performances of Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul.
Sanju Samson’s career is coming
If we look at the ODI career of Sanju Samson, this wicketkeeper batsman has played 13 matches for the Indian team. Sanju Samson has scored 390 runs in these 13 ODI matches. During this period, Sanju Samson averaged 55.71 while his strike rate was 104.0. However, Sanju Samson is yet to score a century in the ODI format, but the player has crossed the fifty-run mark thrice. Apart from this, Sanju Samson has represented India in 24 T20 matches. While 152 matches of IPL have been played. Actually, Sanju Samson has performed well in IPL matches, but in international matches, Sanju Samson has failed to repeat the feat of IPL.
India-Australia ODI Series programme
India has to play three ODI matches against Australia. The first ODI will be played on September 22 while the second ODI will be played on September 24. The third and final ODI of the series will be played on September 27.
Squad for first two ODIs: KL Rahul (Captain), Shubman Gill, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja (Vice-Captain), Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Verma, Prishan Krishna, R Ashwin, Washington beautiful.
Team for 3rd ODI: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Shami, Mohammad Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Washington Sundar.