Dinesh Karthik On Sanju Samson and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: T-20 series is being played between India and West Indies. The second match of the series is going to be played in Ranchi, in which once again Vaibhav Suryavanshi is expected to sit on the bench. Since, the team management is giving priority to the opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson, who also give right and left hand combination to the team. But, before this match, former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik has given a statement regarding Sanju and Vaibhav. He believes that Sanju and Vaibhav are given opportunities and then are thrown out.
What did Dinesh Karthik say?
Talking about Sanju Samson, Dinesh Karthik said that he was dropped from the team just 2 matches after winning the Man of the Series. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was fed and then he too was thrown out. It seemed as if wealth was the solution to every problem.
Dinesh Karthik said, “It's really interesting to see, this happens only in India. He was the 'Man of the Series' in the T20 World Cup and then after 2 matches, he was dropped from the team. Then Vaibhav Suryavanshi was brought in and after two matches, he was also dropped. After this, Sanju was included in the team again and there was pressure on him, although he had played two good innings against Afghanistan. Then, he failed on two bad pitches and it started looking like Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the solution to every problem. At this time the situation is difficult for Sanju Samson.
🚨This only happens in India, it's hard being Sanju Samson – Dinesh Karthik furious on people questioning Sanju Samson's place for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi🤯
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Sanju Samson is continuously getting opportunities
In the second match of the 5-match T20 series being played between India and West Indies, there is full expectation that Sanju Samson will come to open along with Abhishek Sharma. If seen, he is continuously getting opportunities from the Afghanistan series. But, he is not able to perform consistently. Sometimes his bat moves and sometimes it remains silent. In the first T20 match played with the Caribbean team, Sanju played an inning of 11 runs on 9 balls.
If we look at Sanju Samson's last 5 matches, he has scored 2 fifties. In this way Sanju has scored 127 runs in the last 5 innings. Whereas, talking about Vaibhav Suryavanshi, he has scored 2 fifties in the last 5 T-20 innings. A total of 204 runs have been scored in the last 5 innings.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi's cricket career
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, born in the year 2011, made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2026. He played his first T20 International match against England in July. Since then, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played a total of 8 matches for the Indian cricket team. During this period, he has scored a total of 246 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries. He has 22 fours and 18 sixes in his name. Vaibhav's highest score is 81 runs, which came against Zimbabwe. So far in his career, Vaibhav's average has been 30.75, while his strike rate has been 183.36, which in itself speaks of his ability and stormy style.
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