“Aur Kitna Mauka Milega” Angry Fans React As Rishabh Pant Failed Again & Samson Didn’t Get To Play
Many Indian cricket fans are still unhappy with the Indian team and management despite India's 3-game T20I series victory over New Zealand 1-0 as they feel that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is hell. determined to ruin the career of Kerala cricketer Sanju Samson by not giving him enough chances to play for his country.
What makes Sanju Samson's case stronger is Rishabh Pant's continued failure in the shorter format. If we talk about Rishabh Pant's last five laps in T20I, it's only once that he hit the double digit mark. The team management preferred Dinesh Karthik for the first four Super 12 matches of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 and chose Rishabh Pant to play the last Super 12 match which was against Zimbabwe so he also played in the semi-finals. but he failed to fire a good shot in either game. As for the recently concluded T20I series against the Kiwis, Rishabh Pant opened the quarter with Ishan Kishan, but in the second and third games he scored 3 and 6 points respectively before being eliminated.
Rishabh Pant's poor performance further angered Sanju Samson's supporters and they criticized captain Hardik Pandya and VVS manager Laxman for not playing the Kerala striker. Former Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri, who was India's head coach before Rahul Dravid, also believes Sanju Samson must have 10 games to prove his worth. According to him, it's not that Sanju Samson should be out after 2 games, but that other players should be out until he plays 10 games.
Twitterati slammed Rishabh Pant for wasting opportunities and some also mocked his fitness. Here are some selected reactions: