The squad announcement for the South Africa tour introduced some excellent news for the proficient wicketkeeper batter Sanju Samson and his followers as he acquired a recall into the Indian crew for the ODIs. After being snubbed for the T20Is in opposition to Australia, Samson shall be glad to be recalled for the ODIs and hope he could make himself common in no less than one format. Samson celebrated his recall with a quickfire cameo within the Vijay Hazare Trophy match in opposition to Puducherry smashing an unbeaten 13-ball 35 as Kerala chased down a small of 121 in lower than 20 overs.
Kerala wanted a giant win to remain on the prime in Group A since Mumbai additionally has the identical quantity of factors. Having bowled Puducherry out for simply 116, Kerala had the chance they usually made essentially the most of it as Samson hit 4 4s and three 6s to take his aspect residence and the highest of the desk with only one Group A match remaining in opposition to the Railways.
Kerala and Mumbai each are on 20 factors and Samson shall be eager to take his aspect all the best way.
Samson was a shocking omission from the T20 squad however that has helped him play the home one-day competitors and return to the ODI aspect. Samson regardless of averaging 55.71 within the format, wasn’t thought-about within the World Cup squad however now has an opportunity of staking his declare forward of the Champions Trophy 2025 and the South Africa series shall be a possibility for him to turn into an everyday.
India’s squad for South Africa ODIs: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Rajat Patidar, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (C)(wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar
