Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Dinesh Karthik Questions Sanju Samson’s India T20I Future
Dinesh Karthik is wondering how India will choose its T20 cricket batters.
He specifically asked about Sanju Samson and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
Sooryavanshi is a teenage player who recently made his international debut.
He became India’s youngest international player in that match.
Samson had been an important player during India’s T20 World Cup victory.
However, he was dropped for the second match against England.
Samson returned for the fifth match but was not selected for the Zimbabwe tour.
Karthik wants to know how both players can fit into India’s team.
Dinesh Karthik questioned how Sanju Samson fits into India’s future T20I batting order.
Karthik asked where teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stands in India’s plans.
He stressed that Samson was an important player in India’s T20 World Cup triumph.
Samson was dropped for the second T20I against England in Manchester.
Sooryavanshi debuted in that match, while Samson later missed India’s Zimbabwe T20I tour.
- Who
- Dinesh Karthik questioned Sanju Samson’s place in India’s T20I plans, alongside the emergence of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
- What
- Karthik asked how India will organize its batting order and accommodate Samson and Sooryavanshi.
- When
- The issue arose after Samson was dropped during the England T20I series and omitted from the subsequent Zimbabwe tour.
- Where
- The relevant England match was played in Manchester; the later tour was in Zimbabwe.
- Why
- Sooryavanshi’s emergence and Samson’s changing selection status have raised questions about India’s T20I lineup.
- Commentator
- Former India wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik
- Players discussed
- Sanju Samson and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
- England selection
- Samson was dropped for the second T20I in Manchester and returned for the fifth T20I
- International debut
- Sooryavanshi made his international debut after Samson’s omission from the second England T20I
- Record
- Sooryavanshi became India’s youngest player
- World Cup role
- Karthik said Samson was an important player in India’s T20 World Cup triumph
- Zimbabwe tour
- Samson was left out of the squad for India’s three-match T20I tour of Zimbabwe