Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson is one of those players who are often overlooked by the selectors. The Rajasthan Royals captain, who made his international debut in 2015, was also snobbed out of the 2023 Asia Cup and 2023 ODI World Cup squads. He was later named in India’s 2024 T20 World Cup squad but did not play a single match. Recently, he was part of the Indian team that took on Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series, in which he played two matches but could not score even a single run.
Recently, the 29-year-old player participated in an event where he stated that he is not really worried about being ignored as long as Team India wins.
“I'm just going to play when they pick me. That's it! At the end of the day, our team is doing well. I'm the type of person who believes in a higher purpose. I just try to be positive under controllable circumstances and do my best,” Samson said at an event.
The Kerala Boy at a press conference#SanjuSamson photo.twitter.com/gsdv9SSHlP
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Before the Sri Lanka series, Samson also featured in the five-match T20Is against Zimbabwe, where he played three matches. He scored a half-century in the fifth and final match, where India won the series by a score of 4-1.
Since his debut in 2015, Samson has played 30 T20Is and scored 444 runs. He has also played 16 ODIs and scored 510 runs.
Besides international cricket, Samson has also played 167 IPL matches and scored 4,419 runs, with three centuries and 25 half-centuries.
He had a stellar IPL season in 2024 too, scoring 531 runs in 15 matches for Rajasthan Royals to become the fifth highest run-scorer of the tournament.
Talking about Team India, Rohit Sharma & co lost the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka by a score of 0-2. After the first match ended in a draw, Charith Asalanka & co defeated India in the rest of the two matches and won the series.
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