The national selectors have announced the Indian T20I and ODI squads for the upcoming home series against Windies. Surprisingly, they have dropped the wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson from the T20I squad, even without giving him any opportunity. The Indian cricket fans have got angry on this shocking decision and some of them have requested to everyone to boycott the upcoming Thiruvananthapuram T20I.
Due to performing impressively in the recent domestic tournaments, Sanju Samson earned the national team call-up during the recently concluded home T20I series against Bangladesh. Before that series, Samson played only one T20I in July 2015 against the hosts Zimbabwe where he scored 19 runs.
India won that three-match T20I series against Bangladesh by 2-1, but Sanju Samson remained unused even despite Rishabh Pant was struggling continuously. Now, suddenly Samson has been omitted from the T20I squad for the upcoming series despite he didn’t get a chance in the playing XI.
India are currently busy in the historic day/night pink-ball Test match against Bangladesh at Eden Gardens (Kolkata). After this Test match, the Indian team will be busy in the limited-overs home bilateral series against Windies.
They will play the three-match T20I series from 6th to 11th December and then will meet in the three-match ODI series from 15th to 22nd December.
Sanju Samson’s local ground will host India vs Windies T20I series on 8th December
Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) will host the opening T20I of this series between India and Windies on 6th December. They will play the second T20I of this series at Greenfield International Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram), which is the home ground of Sanju Samson. His fans are not happy with the recent Indian team selection where Samson has been excluded without a giving chance.
So, some fans have called to boycott the Thiruvananthapuram T20I.
Talking about the upcoming T20I series, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Hyderabad) will host the last game of this series against Windies on 11th December.