“India doesn’t deserve a player like him”- Fans fume as Sanju Samson excluded from Asia Cup 2022 squad

India named Asia Cup squad on August 8 with 3 standby players.

By Jatin Sharma - 09 Aug, 2022

Batter-wicketkeeper Sanju Samson failed to make the cut for the Indian squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2022 tournament, which was announced on August 8 by BCCI. Instead, the selectors went in with Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik as wicketkeepers for the tourney.

India also included KL Rahul in the Asia Cup 2022 squad as the vice-captain and he can keep wickets if needed. However, the fans were not happy with Sanju Samson not being named in the standby players list as well.

Apart from him, T20I regulars Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer did not find a place in the 15-member squad, but Iyer was named as a backup player.

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However, what the fans were more irked by was that Sanju Samson was not named in the standby players list which contained Akshar Patel and Deepak Chahar apart from Iyer.

Here is how the fans reacted to Sanju Samson’s non-selection in India’s Asia Cup 2022 squad:

India does not deserve player like Sanju Samson ????
Hard luck champp????#SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/bVpeBbg3Hn
— Madhan tam (@Madhantam) August 8, 2022

Sanju Samson in international cricket:-

•Debut in 2015.
•Played just 16 T20I matches so far.
•Played just 4 ODI matches so far.
•His average in last 6 innings - 49.0
•No place for him in Asia Cup 2022.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) August 8, 2022

Performance of Wicketkeepers in T20is in 2022

SANJU-158.40 SR& 44.75 AVG
ISHAN-130.30 SR& 30.71 AVG
PANT-135.42 SR& 26 AVG
DK-133.33 SR& 21.33 AVG

Best performers- Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan.
Picked in Asia Cup- Pant and DK

Does that make sense?#AsiaCup2022 #Sanjusamson pic.twitter.com/hCgIxOKmd2
— Anurag (@Right2Gaps) August 8, 2022

Why Not Sanju Samson. Dinesh Karthik just averages 21 this year with 133 strike rate who is known as Finisher while sanju samson averages 44 with 160 strike rate this year pic.twitter.com/eKwZraSmQ7
— Just Butter (@ItzButter63) August 8, 2022

Why is Sanju Samson not even on standby..what wrong has he done..always in & out of team..Axar & Jadeja are same type of bowlers you don't need both!! Sanju's record in UAE >>>> than Hooda's record..!!!
— Sharun (@sharun_sanel) August 8, 2022

Sanju Samson ~ NEW BRAND ????
.
Played only 15+ international matches ???????? but his Fan base ????????
.
CROWD CHANTING LIKE MAHI ????
— Vp (@vichu4646) August 9, 2022

Sanju Samson should have been there instead of DK ..!! https://t.co/H9tYTYPID1
— Ram Charan missed National Award By a Whisker ???????? (@1010_arjun) August 9, 2022

An expected exclusion from asia cup squad but the real stroy behind is.????????#sanjusamson #AsiaCup2022 #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/CyDdMfCnsD
— Mahi Bishnoi (SanjusamsonFan) (@Sanjusamsonf11) August 8, 2022

Sanju Samson deserving to be in Asia Cup. Feel sad that Sanju is not in Asia Cup squad???? #AsiaCup #SanjuSamson #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/QppYJKos46
— Ashutosh Srivastava (@kingashu1008) August 8, 2022

Sanju Samson in 2022(T20 avg 44.75)

See how he is treated

Picked in series vs SL
Did well- Dropped for next series vs SA

Picked in series vs Ireland
Did well- Dropped for next series vs England

Picked in series vs WI
Did well- Dropped for Asia Cup#AsiaCup2022 #SanjuSamson pic.twitter.com/cGNPpfPD7t
— Anurag (@Right2Gaps) August 8, 2022

I prefer Sanju Samson above Dinesh Karthik for Asia Cup. pic.twitter.com/c5ypsxsJMG
— Just Butter (@ItzButter63) August 7, 2022

By Jatin Sharma - 09 Aug, 2022

“India doesn’t deserve a player like him”- Fans fume as Sanju Samson excluded from Asia Cup 2022 squad

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