Former cricketer SLAMS BCCI for 'ridiculously' dropping Sanju Samson from ODI squad for Sri Lanka tour
Sanju Samson
On Thursday evening (July 18), BCCI announced Indiasquadfor the upcoming white-ball tour of Sri Lanka, starting July 27. There were many big decisions taken as Rohit Sharma, contrary to beliefs, marked himselfavailable to take charge of the ODI side whereas Suryakumar Yadav tipped Hardik Pandya to become the new T20I captain. Even Virat Kohli returned for the ODI leg whereas Shubman Gill was announced the new vice-captain for both squads. However, there were some big omissions as well, with Sanju Samson being out of the ODI line-up.
This has not been well received by former cricketer Dodda Ganesh. The ex-pacer wrote on X, formerly Twitter, "Shivam Dube in place of Sanju Samson in the ODIs is ridiculous. Poor Sanju scored a century in his last series against SA. Why him always? My heart goes out to this young man #SLvIND"
Samson was part of India's last ODI series, held in South Africa. In the three-match series, the right-hander scored 120 runs in three games, including a maiden ton (108) in the series decider -- where India won by 78 runs. The Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper has 510 runs in 16 ODIs, at an average of56.66.
Moreover, Shivam Dube -- who was part of Rohit-led India's victorious run in 2024 T20 World Cup -- has been named in the ODI squad. Further, it also sees the return of Shreyas Iyer and addition of Riyan Parag and Harshit Rana. There isno Ravindra Jadeja whereas Hardik is only part of the T20I squad (choosing to be away from the ODI leg for personal reasons).
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Talking about the T20I squad, Surya has been named the new captain, pipping former white-ball vice-captain Hardik. However, the squad doesn't include Abhishek Sharma and Ruturaj Gaikwad despite their good returns in the Zimbabwe tour.
India's squad for Sri Lanka tour
India's T20I Squad:Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohd. Siraj.
ODI Squad:Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana.