Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that Sanju Samson’s similar mode of dismissals in the T20I series against England needs to be discussed as well. He said that Sanju’s fans should not complain about Virat Kohli getting caught behind the wickets during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25, highlighting that those dismissals were also talked about a lot as well. However, Samson scored 16 runs off 7 deliveries as India set England a massive 248-run target in the fifth T20I in Mumbai on Sunday, February 2 as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “How can we not talk about Sanju Samson? You will have to talk about him. He got out the same way five times in five matches. How is that even possible? Sometimes you feel it cannot happen at all. Don’t say Virat Kohli also got out in the slips eight times. That was also discussed. There were threadbare discussions. A lot of views were shared and it was analyzed. Sanju – whoever comes, bowls a short ball and he gets out in the deep.”

However, Aakash Chopra also opined that Sanju Samson’s game against the short ball was an area of concern as well.

“He hit a six off the first ball this time, that he would do something different. Then he hit another and swung the bat again, and got caught in the end. I don’t know how the Indian team is seeing this development, but, in my opinion, it is worrying. There is a problem and that needs addressing. Suryakumar Yadav’s story is also the same. Out of five, three or four times he got out while playing the scoop. That is not right. It will get covered up because we won but both Sanju and Suryakumar Yadav had an extremely poor series, and that in my humble opinion, is a bit of a worrying sign,” Aakash Chopra concluded.