Twitterati baffled over Sanju Samson's omission from the T20I squad

The selection committee announced India’s squad for the upcoming tour of New Zealand on Sunday. The tour will kick start from January 24th with a 5-match T20I series.

The likes of Mohammad Shami and vice-captain Rohit Sharma who were rested for the T20I series against Sri Lanka have returned to the fold, whereas, Sanju Samson has been left-out. Apart from Sanju Samson, all-rounder Hardik Pandya who was in contention to make it to the squad returning from injury is still nursing his back issue which made the selection committee to ignore him.

Sanju Samson’s omission has raised a few eyebrows

Sanju Samson was first called into the T20I squad in the home series against Bangladesh. He did not get to play any of the games in that series and was subsequently dropped for the series against West Indies.

However, fortunes turned and he was called back into the side as an injury replacement for Shikhar Dhawan although yet again was eluded for a place in the eleven. He recently made his much-awaited comeback in the third and final

Following his omission from the squad, the Twitterati’s raised their voice on the selection of the team,

Sanju Samson again dropped..shame on you guys… He is talented young batsman, why u didn't give chance like Rishab pant????

— Lokesh Kumar (@loki_lokesh_94) January 12, 2020

Sanju samson is a talented batsman

— Rahul Yadav (@RahulYa90776376) January 13, 2020

https://twitter.com/AmitkumarSrkian/status/1216413465490812928?s=20

https://twitter.com/Man_isssh/status/1216409865733541888?s=20

Where is sanju samson … shame on you BCCI .. why not given a chance to him like rishabh pant .. dropped rishabh and given chance to sanju … other wise plz include mahi in the team.

— Angiraj Baruah (@AngirajBaruah) January 12, 2020

Sanju ko kyun nikaal diya bey Chadarchor? ?? #INDvNZ

— Jai Rohit Sharma ?? (@madam_jadeja) January 12, 2020

Here’s the squad for the T20Is against New Zealand

Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma (VC), KL Rahul, S Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, W Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur

Team India’s schedule

India would be hosting Australia for a 3-match ODI series slated to start from 14th January in Mumbai. Once they are done with this assignment, they would be touring New Zealand for a full-fledged tour which includes 5 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and 2 Tests which starts from 24th January.