Team India: VVS Laxman is seen playing the role of head coach for Team India on the Zimbabwe tour. Under the coaching of VVS Laxman, Team India has won 2 out of the 3 matches played so far on the Zimbabwe tour and lost 1.
Under the captaincy of VVS Laxman, the player known as the second Dhoni in Indian cricket is getting a chance to play in the playing 11, but some cricket supporters are also seen saying on social media that after Gautam Gambhir becomes the head coach, Gambhir can decide to exclude the second Dhoni of Indian cricket (MS Dhoni) from Team India like a fly in milk.
Sanju Samson is getting a chance under the coaching of VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman is seen playing the role of head coach for Team India on the Zimbabwe tour.
Sanju Samson, famous as the second Dhoni in Indian cricket, was included in the team squad for the last 3 T20 matches. In the third T20 match, VVS Laxman also gave Sanju Samson a chance to play but Sanju Samson failed to show his impact in the third T20 match.In the third T20 match, Sanju scored 12 runs in 7 balls
In the third match of the Zimbabwe T20 series, Sanju Samson scored 12 runs off 7 balls while batting at number 5. During this, Sanju Samson did hit 2 fours but he was not seen in touch at all while batting. Due to which such talks are going on on social media about Sanju Samson that Gautam Gambhir will hardly give Sanju Samson a chance to play for Team India under his coaching.
Sanju Samson's T20 International statistics are nothing special
Sanju Samson has played 26 matches for Team India in his 9-year long international T20 career so far. In these 26 matches, Sanju Samson has scored 386 runs while batting at an average of 19.30 and a strike rate of 134.02.
During this period, Sanju Samson has played only 1 half-century innings for Team India. Due to which it seems that Team India's head coach Gautam Gambhir can now look for the option of another wicketkeeper batsman instead of Sanju Samson.