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Sanju Samson Unlikely To Be Part Of India’s Champions Trophy 2025 Squad: Reports

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Sanju Samson Unlikely To Be Part Of India’s Champions Trophy 2025 Squad: Reports

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Sanju Samson has 510 runs to his name in 16 ODI matches played so far. In his last 50-over match for the Indian team, the right-handed wicketkeeper-batter scored 108 runs against South Africa in Paarl.

BCCI set to ignore Sanju Samson for Champions Trophy 2025. (Picture Credit: PTI)

BCCI set to ignore Sanju Samson for Champions Trophy 2025. (Picture Credit: PTI)

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selectors are set to meet in Mumbai on Sunday, January 19, to pick India’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy is set to start on February 19 in Karachi, and India will play its matches in Dubai. According to a report in news agency PTI, Sanju Samson is unlikely to be picked in India’s Champions Trophy squad. Samson, who was part of the Rohit Sharma-led side that won the T20 World Cup last year, last played a 50-over match for India on December 21, 2023, against South Africa in Paarl and scored a century in that match.

It has been reported that KL Rahul, who donned wicketkeeping gloves for India in the ODI World Cup 2023, will play as a specialist batter in the Champions Trophy, and Rishabh Pant will be India’s first-choice wicketkeeper.

There’s a three-way fight between Dhruv Jurel, Ishan Kishan, and Samson as his backup, but at the moment, Jurel is winning the battle. Samson’s chances of making the cut are very slim after he decided to skip the 2024-25 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy for Kerala due to personal reasons.

It is understood that going forward, Pant and Jurel could be one and two for India in Tests and ODIs, while Samson is believed to be only suited for the T20 version where he has scored three centuries in 2024.

Jurel, who is yet to play ODIs for India, was picked in India’s T20I squad on January 11 for the upcoming five-match series against England. The Agra-based cricketer, who was last seen in action for India at Optus Stadium in Perth from November 22-25, made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in Harare on July 6 last year but has only managed to score six runs in two matches played so far.

He is unlikely to get a chance to play in any of the five matches against England due to the presence of Samson in the squad. Samson, who became the first batter to score three T20I centuries in a calendar year in 2024, will keep the wickets against England and also open the innings with Abhishek Sharma.

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