'If India wanted Sanju, he would've played the Asia Cup': Former BCCI selector says Samson 'not in scheme of things'

Sanju Samson's omission from India's T20 World Cup 2022 squad which was announced by the BCCI on Monday was perhaps the only talking point. A former BCCI selector explained what that was

Sanju Samson's omission from India's T20 World Cup 2022 squad which was announced by the BCCI on Monday was perhaps the only talking point. Samson was always going to face stiff competition from Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant, but to see his name go missing from the reserves squad as well was a bit baffling with the selectors opting for Shreyas Iyer as the only batter in the list. Samson has featured for India in several matches lately but those have only been against West Indies, Ireland and Zimbabwe when the top players were rested, but to say that he has capitalised on his opportunities would be a bit of an exaggeration.

Sanju Samson did not even grab a place in India's list of World Cup stand-by players(Getty)

In his last eight innings, Samson has registered scores of 12, 54, 6 not out, 30 not out, 15, 43 not out and 15. Add to that his stellar run in the IPL – 484 runs in 2021 and 458 runs in 2022 – Samson is a bonafide match-winner. But while these may not be abysmal numbers, the fact that Samson has scored just one half-century once again brings up the question about his consistency.

Weighing in on Samson's absence, former BCCI selector MSK Prasad believes that for the 27-year-old wicketkeeper batter to have secured a berth in the squad, someone needed to go out which looking at the squad picked, appears highly unlikely. Prasad even added that going by what has transpired lately, he is not confident if Samson is or was anywhere up the selector's radar as far as the World Cup goes.