Xtra Time Web Desk: Senior men selection committee on Monday picked fifteen-member squad for upcoming five-match T20I series against Australia. Almost all the members of the World Cup squad have been rested except Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan. Surya has been named as the captain of the Indian T20I squad. The Mumbaikar has been preferred over Sanju Samson because of the later’s inconsistency. The cricketer from Kerala has been neglected by the selectors following his string of poor scores in recent times.
Sanju Samson, who leads Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League, has scored only 138 runs from 8 matches in recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He last played against Ireland where he scored 40 off 36 balls at a strike rate of 145 and an average of 27. In last 10 T20Is Sanju has scored only one fifty against Ireland last year. He averages a meagre 24.22 in last 10 T20Is
218 runs. Overall, in 21 T20Is Samson has scored 374 runs at an average of 19.68 and a strike rate of 133.57
Let’s take a look at Sanju Samson scores in last 10 T20Is for India:
18(12) vs Sri Lanka
77(42) vs Ireland
30*(23) vs West Indies
15(11) vs West Indies
5(6) vs Sri Lanka
12(12) vs West Indies
7(7) vs West Indies
13(9) vs West Indies
1*(1) vs Ireland
40(26) vs Ireland