Sanju Samson’s direct message to coach Gambhir from Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, will he get a place in T-20 against South Africa?

Sanju Samson In Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 73-run innings kept Kerala on a low score against Andhra Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The captain’s innings, his second fifty this season, reflects his consistent domestic form amid questions being raised about his role in India’s T20 setup. With competition for the wicketkeeping spot, Samson’s future in the playing XI remains uncertain.

Sanju Samson played captaincy innings

Sanju Samson played captaincy innings at a time when Kerala needed him the most, defeating Lucknow’s A.B. Handled a weak innings by scoring an unbeaten 73 runs in a low-scoring Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Andhra Pradesh at the Vajpayee Stadium. On a pitch where no other Kerala batsman could even reach 15 runs, Samson stood firm and took his team to 119 runs for 7 wickets.

His second fifty of the season

This was his second fifty of the current season. This new effort of the Kerala captain has taken his total number of T20 runs to 7,996 in 319 matches at an average of 30.06 and strike rate of 136.75. With this innings he scored his 51st T20 half-century, which completes six T20 centuries in his career. Of these, 995 runs have come in 51 T20I matches for India, in which he has scored three centuries and three fifties.

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Samson’s performance in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

In SMAT, Samson has now scored 19 fifties. This season alone, he has scored 233 runs in six matches at an impressive average of 58.25, which includes scores of 51* (41), 43 (15), 46 (28), and now 73* (56). His domestic form has come at a time when questions are being raised over his role in India’s T20 setup.

Samson, who had an average performance in the Asia Cup but was still India’s third-highest run-scorer with 132 runs – behind Abhishek Sharma (314) and Tilak Verma (213) – was shifted from his preferred opening slot to make way for Shubman Gill at the top.

Are there T20Is against South Africa?

Despite scoring three T20I centuries as an opener, Samson was dropped to the middle and lower order during the Asia Cup and was later dropped after just one innings in the Australia T20I series. Now, despite being a part of the Indian team for the upcoming T20Is against South Africa, his place in the playing XI is not confirmed. Jitesh Sharma is also in the team as a lower-order wicketkeeping option, so the question remains: will Samson finally be able to score runs consistently, or will he once again have to watch from the sidelines?

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