Cricket News Desk. Sanju Samson has decided to skip Kerala's three-day Vijay Hazare Trophy training camp to be held in Wayanad in December due to personal reasons. Due to this, Kerala Cricket Association dropped him from Vijay Hazare Trophy. Meanwhile, Samson's decision to stay out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy did not go down well with the BCCI officials and selectors.
BCCI can take this big step
According to a report in Times of India, BCCI is planning to investigate why Sanju Samson, who has played 16 ODIs and 37 T20 Internationals, did not participate in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Samson has been selected for the five-match T20 series against England, starting on January 22 in Kolkata.
A BCCI source told The Times of India, 'The selectors and the board are very clear about the importance of domestic cricket. Last year, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer had to lose their contracts for not playing domestic matches without permission. Even in Samson's case, no reason was given to the board and selectors as to why he could not play the tournament.
The last ODI match will be played in 2023.
Samson, who has scored three centuries and two zeros in his last five T20 matches for India, last played an ODI against South Africa in December 2023. In that match, while batting at number three, he scored 108 runs in 114 balls with the help of six fours and three sixes. If Samson fails to make a place in the Indian team, then Dhruv Jurel or Ishan Kishan can be selected as the second wicketkeeper in the Champions Trophy.
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