Former India player turned veteran commentator Aakash Chopra has questioned the decision to drop Sanju Samson in the third T20I against Australia. He added that the team management had themselves said that Samson is capable of batting in the middle order as well. However, India will face Australia in the fourth T20I of the five-match series in Gold Coast on Thursday, November 6.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “The biggest question that is looming large is – what have we decided about Sanju Samson? Sanju not playing is a big, big, big question as to why we are doing like that. We played Sanju and he had done decently as well. I won’t say he had done extraordinarily, but he was okay. You made him bat up the order against Oman and he scored a fifty.”

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“You played him in the (Asia Cup) final and he scored a few runs. You only told us that he can bat down the order. We were saying you should make him open only, and if you are not doing that, play Jitesh. That was my original position, but you said you will be able to take care of Sanju Samson and will play him, and you know what you are doing. We respected that,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra added that it’s not understandable why Sanju Samson was dropped as well.

“You played him, the team won the Asia Cup, and we clapped. After that, his batting didn’t come in Canberra. Okay sir, no problems. You sent him at No. 3 in Melbourne. Surprise, but we say okay sir, but then you dropped him. Now I am unable to understand whether I should again say okay sir, because it’s not understandable what we are trying to do,” he said.

“So whether Sanju Samson will play or not is a big question, in my opinion. If Jitesh was played and he has performed decently as well, scored 20-odd runs, logic says you will stay with him, but whether you will, I don’t know sir. I don’t have the answer to that question,” Aakash Chopra concluded.