Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar had attended a press conference to announce the squads for Champions Trophy 2025. The selectors decided to take Rishabh Pant over Sanju Samson, to which fans have gone very angry and have been making posts on social media questioning and criticising this decision by the BCCI.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief selector picked a 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy 2025, set to begin February 19. Wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, who is in his peak form, missed the spot from the squad as selectors picked Rishabh Pant for the role in the mega event.
Soon after the announcements of the squads, Samson’s fans went to social media and slammed BCCI for picking Pant over Samson. Here are some of the reactions.
No Sanju Samson in Champions Trophy.
You should feel bad for Sanju. They selected Pant on the basis of favouritism. 💔 pic.twitter.com/RK5zW144ry
— Kunal Yadav (@Kunal_KLR) January 18, 2025
Perfect plan executed.. Not selecting sanju samson in kerala squad for domestic matches and with the same reason he ignored for Champions trophy.. Well planned and executed
— S.Arunkumar (@auditorarun1) January 18, 2025
It hurts when you perform well and some undeserving Capitalist gets place instead of you
Justice For Sanju Samson #ChampionsTrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/YHFNYxDw6P
— AT10 (@Loyalsachfan10) January 18, 2025
How in the world they drop Sanju Samson , Its unfair man how did Gill is earning these spots and KL as a keeper back up for pant. #ChampionsTrophy
— DarkdeviL (@darkdevi_l) January 18, 2025
Bro, thats correct but what about pant over sanju samson
— B Karthik (@BKarthik9505) January 18, 2025
Why sanju samson was dropped despite he the last indian batter to score a century in ODI…
— navaneethsprasad (@navaneethsprasa) January 18, 2025
Sanju Samson, who was part of the Indian squad in the T20 World Cup 2024, will now be seen in action in the five-match T20I series against England, which is going to begin January 22.
India squad for Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.
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