Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer said 31-year-old Sanju Samson is good enough to walk into many other international teams. He said this ahead of India’s three-match T20I series against Afghanistan, beginning on September 13 in Delhi.

During a discussion on his YouTube channel (Wasim Jaffer Official), Wasim Jaffer said: “I feel he would walk into the side of many other international teams, but because there is so much competition in the Indian team, he has to sit out, and many times, he ends up being the one who pays the price. But I hope that now that he has been picked, he gets consistent runs. And I would also say to Sanju that he should give them no reason to drop him again.”

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“No matter what, it does hurt you from within. But overall, you have to look at the bigger picture. You want your team to do well and your country to do well, so it is very important for a player to have that mindset, to put yourself aside and look at things from the team’s perspective. So, you have to praise Sanju Samson because it is difficult to digest seeing a player like him sitting on the bench,” he added.

However, Wasim Jaffer also said that Sanju Samson should ideally bat in the top three. But with Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opening in the Zimbabwe series while Samson was rested, and Ishan Kishan in in good form at No. 3, Jaffer questioned who would make way for Samson and asked where he would fit into the lineup.

Wasim Jaffer said: “Ideally, Sanju Samson should play at No. 1 or 2 or 3. But where will you play Ishan? And with Ishan being in such good form, would you drop him? Shreyas Iyer bats at No. 4. So, there are a lot of question marks. Will Vaibhav be dropped again and Sanju be brought into the playing XI? I don’t know. Only time will tell. But ideally, he should play in the top three.”