Ind vs SA: Wicketkeeper Sanju Samson had to sit out for the opening T20I at Cuttack against South Africa as Jitesh Sharma was preferred over him. Following the game, former India cricketer R. Ashwin has given his two cents and Samson and why he is finding it difficult to make the playing XI. As per Ashwin, once Shubman Gill was made the vice-captain of the T20I side, Samson was always going to find it difficult to make the playing XI.

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‘Sanju was always going to find it difficult to get into the XI’

"There was a lot of talk before the game that Sanju should play, and why is he not being played, and all that. Whenever Sanju is dropped from the team, there is always a discussion, the question of whether he

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