Former India player turned commentator Mohammad Kaif slammed team management’s decision to bring Sanju Samson back into the playing XI in place of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the first T20I against Afghanistan. He failed to make an impact on his return, scoring 10 runs off eight deliveries in the seven-wicket win at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi as well.

“What did Sanju do in between that he got a chance today? Usually, when you are dropped, you play here and there and regain some form; nothing like that has happened. Why did he get a chance? That is a massive question? Why didn’t you go with the same combination after Vaibhav scored runs in Zimbabwe, that is another question. In my opinion, they are hesitating a bit, they are unsure of what their best opening combination is. The Indian team are still thinking about it. Vaibhav must be saying what did I do wrong? So this is a state of confusion going on, there is no doubt about it,” he said on Cricbuzz.

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Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and India pacer Mohit Sharma also stated that Team India values Sanju Samson’s experience and the fact that he is a right-handed batter as well.

“I think of a couple of reasons behind it. Firstly, Sanju Samson is a senior player, and he had a really good World Cup as well. The second reason is that when you play Vaibhav, you have a lot of left-handers in the batting order. Maybe they are thinking about the left-hand-right-hand combination, and maybe that is why Sanju Samson is being chosen,” he concluded.