Sanju Samson T20 World Cup 2024: Sanju Samson made his debut for Team India in the year 2015. Since then, many Cricket World Cups have taken place, but Sanju Samson did not get a chance to play. The interesting thing was that when the T20 World Cup was near, Sanju was playing ODI and when the ODI World Cup was to be held, he was playing T20. This is the first time that Sanju has been selected in Team India for the World Cup. Meanwhile, a Congress leader has given a big statement on Sanju’s selection. The leader says that if Sanju is Samson, then the Indian team will definitely win the T20 World Cup this time. We are talking about Shashi Tharoor.
Shashi Tharoor posted on social media
Fans are very happy with the selection of Sanju Samson in the Indian team. He will play the role of second wicket keeper along with Rishabh Pant. However, there is suspense regarding whether he will be selected in the playing eleven or not. Now Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said that this wicketkeeper batsman from his Lok Sabha constituency Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala deserved selection. Shashi Tharoor has written on social media that congratulations to the BCCI Selection Committee on choosing a great team for the T20 World Cup. Happy that my Lok Sabha constituency will be represented in the Cricket World Cup, as Sanju Samson has been selected in the team. This team will win the title. You might remember that last year when the ODI World Cup was played in India, Sanju Samson was not in the team and Shashi Tharoor had criticized it a lot.
Captaining Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Sanju Samson is currently captaining his team Rajasthan Royals in IPL. His team is very close to the playoffs and by winning one match the team will qualify. Sanju has proved his mettle as a captain and is also batting brilliantly. This was the reason that ever since the talks about team selection were going on, many veterans were considering his claim to be very strong, but still the team selection was being awaited. Now that he has been selected, his confidence will also increase a lot. But it remains to be seen how they perform in the World Cup.
Sanju Samson’s performance
Talking about Sanju Samson’s T20 International career, even though he made his debut in the year 2015, he did not get a chance to play continuously. He has been able to play only 25 T20 International matches so far. In this he has 374 runs in his name. His average is 18.70 and he is batting at an average of 133.09. He has only one half-century to his name in this format. He may not have scored any century in T20 International, but he has a century to his name in ODI. His statistics are not very good, so now that he has got the opportunity, he will have to take full advantage of it.
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