‘This is heart breaking’ – Fans shatters as selectors drop Sanju Samson from India squad for Australia T20I series

The Indian Cricket Board has announced the squad for the upcoming T20I series against Australia on November 20. Notably, Suryakumar Yadav has been named as the captain of the squad, while CSK opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been named as his deputy. However, middle-order batter Sanju Samson and great spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have not been included in the squad.

In addition, both cricketers also didn’t get the chance to be in the ODI World Cup squad as well as the Asia Cup. Team India has finished up their journey of the ODI World Cup 2023 as the first runner-up of the tournament as they suffered a six-wicket defeat over Australia on November 19 at the iconic Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad.

However, following that, the officials have rested a few main players for the upcoming T20I series, and they will be playing the South Africa series sets starting on December 10. The Men in Blue didn’t name Hardik Pandya as the skipper, as the star all-rounder is still injured and set to miss the series.

The fans are unhappy with Sanju Samson’s exclusion from the India squad for the upcoming series

However, it was quite shocking to see selectors backing Suryakumar Yadav despite his extremely poor performances in the ODI World Cup 2023. Moreover, the fans are unhappy with Sanju Samson’s exclusion from the squad, as he deserves to be part of the camp after missing the marquee events.

India’s squad: 

Suryakumar Yadav (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad (vice-captain), Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk.), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar, Shreyas Iyer (to join the side for the last two T20Is).

AUSTRALIA T20I SQUAD FOR INDIA SERIES:

Matthew Wade (c), Aaron Hardie, Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa.

Check out how fans have reacted to his exclusion from the team:

This is heart breaking

— Mintu Dutta (@MNGamin65372627) November 20, 2023

They don't give him a chance 😔

— Haider. (@Notyourhaider_) November 20, 2023

If you are picking Gaikwad, Iyer and Surya ahead of Sanju is really frustrating.

SANJU DESERVE THE PLACE IN THIS SQUAD

— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) November 20, 2023

It's BCCI politics and we can't beat them.

— Pr𝕏tham (@Prxtham_18) November 20, 2023

Justice for Sanju Samson

— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) November 20, 2023

Man needs to change his nationality and start playing for England or NewZealand… He will be Super star there

— Cricket Guruji  (@CricketGuruji6) November 20, 2023

He should have played in the place of sky in this world cup pic.twitter.com/vUsYFFwiBk

— White knight 🦇 (@santhoshtiger14) November 20, 2023