I believe Sanju Samson should be given every opportunity: Ravichandran Ashley. Samson played for India against New Zealand in the opening ODI, scoring 36 runs off of 38 deliveries.
Sanju Samson thrived with the bat in the IPL 2022 season. But Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik were chose ahead of him. Therefore he never given a fair chance to play for India. As a result, the cricketer from Kerala was not included in the T20 World Cup roster.
His most recent omission from the starting lineup for the T20I series against New Zealand has received a lot of attention in the media. Samson is now in excellent form, and Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has stated that he wants to see him play in every match.
“For his (Sanju Samson) talent, if he doesn’t play, he will obviously get trended. I want Sanju Samson to get all the opportunities. In fact, I even said that I am looking forward to watching him play since he is in exceptional form at the moment and is playing superbly,”
Ashwin said.
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Hardik Pandya is praised by Ashwin for handling the Sanju Samson matter in a Thala Dhoni-like manner.
The off-spinner also discussed Hardik Pandya’s leadership, saying in particular that he was pleased with how Pandya handled the Sanju Samson situation.
“He (Samson) is a very exciting player to watch but since we went with a different combination, as of now, we weren’t able to play him, said Hardik Pandya. In fact, the press asked him why he didn’t play Sanju Samson. Hardik Pandya replied in Thala Dhoni style. He said my room door will always be open, any player can come and have a conversation with me. It was very good to see him speak with such clarity,”
Ashwin said.
“In fact, I don’t know if he wanted to say that in Thala Dhoni style because we all know Hardik is super close to Thala Dhoni. And he had earlier said that he has learnt a lot from Thala Dhoni. He handled a tricky question that is always trending on social media very beautifully. So kudos to Hardik,”
He added.
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