'Where will you play him..' - Aakash Chopra slams selectors for ruining Sanju Samson's career

The 28-year-old star Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson was in the headlines of the Indian cricketing circle as the selectors overlooked him while picking a squad for the 20-20 World Cup despite of former’s brilliant form. Now, the management has picked him for the three-match T20I series against New Zealand followed by the three-match ODI series against the same opponent.

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Although, the attitude of selectors towards Sanju Samson didn’t go down well with the former Indian opener and now a commentator, Aakash Chopra. The 45-year-old felt that the selectors are hellbent on ruining the career of a talented cricketer like Sanju Samson. Chopra argued about the perfect batting order for Samson in the presence of the players like Shreyas Iyer, and World number one T20I batter Suryakumar Yadav.

"You have selected Sanju Samson but where will you play him, because if Shreyas Iyer doesn't play at No. 3, Suryakumar Yadav doesn't play at No. 4 and Hardik doesn't play at No. 5, where will they play?" said Aakash Chopra in a video on his YouTube channel.

"Suryakumar Yadav should not go below No. 4, Iyer should not go below No. 3 or No. 4 and Hardik shouldn't go below No. 5. The earliest place available for Sanju Samson is No. 6 but he might not be useful there. You can play Deepak Hooda there, although most of Hooda's runs have also come at the top of the order,” he added later.

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Here’s a look at India’s squads for the New Zealand tour to play in T20I and ODI series respectively:

T20I squad:

Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (VC and WK), Sanju Samson (WK), Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, and Mohd. Siraj.

ODI squad:

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Sen.