Sanju Samson was among the many who congratulated India on their ICC Champions Trophy victory. Notably, Samson was not included in the tournament squad; however, the Kerala player did not let it affect his pride and wholeheartedly celebrated India’s triumph.
The wicketkeeper-batter shared an Instagram story with a picture of him watching the game and captioned it “World Champions.”
India secured their third Champions Trophy title, defeating New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International Stadium on March 9.
Why was Sanju Samson not selected for the Champions Trophy 2025 squad?
India had picked Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul before Sanju Samson as the wicketkeeper batter in the tournament. Samson is permanent in T20Is but, he need to make his regular place in ODIs. He has played 16 matches and scored 510 runs at an average of 56.66.
| Mat | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 510 | 108 | 56.66 | 99.6 | 1 | 3 |
Sanju Samson’s Last ODI match for India
Sanju Samson played his last ODI match for India on December 21, 2023, at Paarl against South Africa. He had scored a hundred in the game but still missed the next game for India as he was not picked. He had smashed 108 runs off 114 balls.
India squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
