The craze for the Indian wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson has been tremendous over the past few months. The reason for the support from his fans has been that the 28-year-old not getting fair chances in the Indian team despite great numbers. However, he has been included in India’s ODI squad for the upcoming series against West Indies.
The ODI series will be crucial for Samson looking at the upcoming ODI World Cup in India later in the year with Rishabh Pant recovering from the injury. However, it is not yet confirmed whether he will be featured in the Indian playing XI or not in the upcoming series as the management is likely to go with the same combination in the rest of the matches before the World Cup.
Indian squad for the ODI series:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Surya Kumar Yadav, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Shardul Thakur, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Mukesh Kumar.
The support towards Samson has been magnificent by the fans and the same thing was seen recently during the World Cup trophy tour. Some of the school students wore the Sanju Samson masks while posing in front of the World Cup trophy. The photo went viral as soon as it was shared on Social Media.
'Thank You Chetta' - Minnu Mani replied to Sanju Samson's message after her India debut
Samson congratulated Minnu Mani a couple of days ago after her debut for the Indian Women’s Cricket Team. Mani posted a screenshot of Samson's DM to her on Instagram and expressed her gratitude for the wishes. The 21-year-old made her debut for the India Women’s T20I team on July 9th against Bangladesh Women at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. In her debut game, the right-arm off-spinner registered the figures of 1/21.
"Hi Minnu..Huge congratulations on being selected for the Indian team. Absolutely an incredible achievement. We are all super proud of you," Samson messaged Mani. After that, Mani posted a screenshot of the message and wrote, "Thank you chetta."
School students wearing Sanju Samson masks during World Cup trophy tour. pic.twitter.com/wJvZ9l2EMc
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 13, 2023
And irony is that Sanju is not in upcoming world cup squad
— Deepak Jain 🇮🇳 (@Dipsdj007) July 13, 2023
I don't get it till now why the heck is Sanju so famous? What he did? Less than 40 avg in FC? Not so great in IPL? Not a clutch player? What's special in him?
— Akhilesh Verma (@ve76559) July 13, 2023
Even school kids had world cup @ImRo45 when😭😭
— 𝚁𝚞𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎⚡ (@82off52) July 13, 2023
Sanju 💎pic.twitter.com/TIrHkiAs3f
— Sanju Samson Fans Page (@SanjuSamsonFP) July 13, 2023
Definitely this is a PR stunt , how come everyone in the school will be sanju fans ,
— Satish (@narasingusatish) July 13, 2023
Even if everyone is sanju fan , how come they all got the masks
Sanju Samson can be the apt successor to Dhoni but sadly selectors are crazy for left-handers!!
— NK (@nirmal_indian) July 13, 2023
Just one question
— Rohan kumar (@Rohan_0013) July 13, 2023
Why can't sanju and rahul play at no 4 and 5 together
Sanju as no 4 and kl at no 5