New Delhi New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday held the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) responsible for Sanju Samson's exclusion from Team India's squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. In December 2024, Samson will be dropped from the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He was dropped from Kerala's squad for 2024–25 after he failed to attend the preparation camp ahead of the tournament, according to ESPNcricinfo. Had told.
Speaking on X, Tharoor attacked KCA and said that the state cricket board dropped Samson from its team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy, which resulted in Sanju's exclusion. The four-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram said Samson's career has been “destroyed” due to the “arrogance” of cricket administrators at KCA. Tharoor wrote on Twitter, “The sad story of Kerala Cricket Association and Sanju Samson – the player had already written to KCA for his inability to attend the training camp between the SMA and Vijay Hazare Trophy tournament, and he was immediately dropped from the team. Was done – as a result of which Sanju has now been dropped from the Indian team.”
“A batsman with the highest score of 212* in Hazare, who averages 56.66 for India in ODIs (including a century in his last match against South Africa), is having his career ruined because of the arrogance of cricket administrators Doesn't it bother the KCA officials that by keeping Sanju out, they ensured that Kerala Hazare didn't even reach the quarter-finals? he adds. According to ESPNcricinfo, Samson had written to the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), explaining the reason for his unavailability for the camp. However, KCA stuck to its rule of including only players who participated in the preparatory camp.
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