Cricket / Samson shares pics of his boundary fielding efforts after exclusion from T20I squad

Cricket Desk: Sanju Samson is deemed to be one of the most talented young batters doing the rounds in Indian cricket. However, he has strained to keep his slot in the national team after making his debut back in 2015 against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. In 10 T20Is, the right-hander has scored only 117 runs at an average of 11.70 and an underwhelming strike rate of 110.37.

He has also played a solitary ODI against Sri Lanka earlier this year in Colombo where he scored 46 runs at a run-a-ball. Samson has been a revelation in the IPL ever since he made his debut for the Rajasthan Royals way back in 2013. In 121 matches in the T20 league, the 26-year-old has scored 3068 runs at an average of 29.22 and an impressive strike rate of 134.21.

Samson also has three centuries to his name in the IPL to go with a top score of 119 that he got against Punjab Kings earlier this year at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In the 2021 edition of the IPL, the Young Turk notched 484 runs at an average of 40.33 and a strike rate of 136.72. Apart from the ton against PBKS, he also scored a couple of half-centuries.

Although the Royals failed to qualify for the playoffs, Samson managed to hog the limelight. He has also been exceptional for Kerala, his domestic team, in his career. In 193 T20 matches, Samson has scored 4725 runs with three tons and as many as 29 half-centuries. But despite his decent numbers, the rub of the green hasn’t gone his way as far as the Indian team is concerned.

Samson not getting picked yet again

Samson wasn’t a part of the national team for the T20 World Cup 2021 where India went in with Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan as the wicketkeeping options. On Tuesday, November 9, the BCCI named the T20I squad for India’s home series against New Zealand and Samson didn’t feature in it.

After getting ignored, Samson dropped a tweet, indicating that if not contributing with the keeping gloves, he is more a handy outfielder. In four pictures, Samson can be seen diving full-stretch near the boundary ropes.