Ultimate_Game Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 Can we finally end this great Indian experiment? Failed in SL, and hasn't done much at home against B'desh. In fact a newcomer and youngster Nitish Reddy has done more in one game today than Samson's entire T20 career. That too when Samson has played as opener as well and has been given every opportunity to succeed. He simply doesn't have it in him to play at intl level. I would rather play Nitish, Venky Iyer, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel ahead of him. Countless opportunities and no performances. If Samson didn't have the political backing and support he has, he wouldn't even have made anywhere close to the team. Norman 1 Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 He's a keeper bat. Abhishek Porel should come in. Not sure Jurel's game is for T20's. Link to comment
deepdynamo Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 Samson best format is ODI in the middle order. But Pant and KL are already ahead of him. It should be end of the road of him. But he will be in the fringes when India send B team to tours. Link to comment
nevada Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 I do agree that Samson is not a dependable player but the ball stopped on him today and did the same for SKY also. Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted October 9, 2024 Author Share Posted October 9, 2024 34 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said: He's a keeper bat. Abhishek Porel should come in. Not sure Jurel's game is for T20's. And his keeping sucks as well. Both Pant and Jurel are much better keepers along with countless others. Link to comment
Nikhil_cric Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 Just now, Ultimate_Game said: And his keeping sucks as well. Both Pant and Jurel are much better keepers along with countless others. Pant is not there for this tour. Personally I think Abhishek Porel should be groomed in this format at least. Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted October 9, 2024 Author Share Posted October 9, 2024 24 minutes ago, deepdynamo said: Samson best format is ODI in the middle order. But Pant and KL are already ahead of him. It should be end of the road of him. But he will be in the fringes when India send B team to tours. I wouldn't drop Pant or even KL to fit in Samson. It says a lot that even a manhoos KL is an upgrade over Samson. 9 minutes ago, nevada said: I do agree that Samson is not a dependable player but the ball stopped on him today and did the same for SKY also. No matter the occasion, he always finds a way. Got ducks in SL, failed against B'desh at home. If he can't do anything here against these opponents, what's the point? cricspirit and Frustrated 2 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 (edited) Satisfies region and religion quota , double whammy . He is selected only because whenever he is dropped, Shashi Tharoor does RR Edited October 9, 2024 by coffee_rules Lord 1 Link to comment
Frustrated Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 Samson's keeping is making me miss kela. LOL Garbage batter. Garbage keeper. Ultimate_Game and SandeepMotta 1 1 Link to comment
javier26 Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 Kept in the team to pacify his fanatic base in Kerala, also Tharoor regularly plays the victim and discrimination card if he is not played so difficult to drop him. Link to comment
bowl_out Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 (edited) Likely end of the road in T20s. He might still get the next game because it is a dead rubber. They might bring in Jitesh as the keeper and rest Pandya. Edited October 9, 2024 by bowl_out Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted October 9, 2024 Author Share Posted October 9, 2024 3 minutes ago, bowl_out said: Likely end of the road in T20s. He might still get the next game because it is a dead rubber. They might bring in Jitesh and the keeper and rest Pandya. Hope so as any wk option - Jitesh, Jurel, Pant, KL - is better than him. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 we might as well go back to KL,he has twice the talent of Samson and his keeping is on par even though he irks me. Manucrick 1 Link to comment
Norman Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 1 hour ago, coffee_rules said: Satisfies region and religion quota , double whammy . He is selected only because whenever he is dropped, Shashi Tharoor does RR He's a Hindu isn't he? Even Washington Sundar despite what his name suggests is a Hindu. Link to comment
Norman Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 1 hour ago, Ultimate_Game said: Hope so as any wk option - Jitesh, Jurel, Pant, KL - is better than him. Aaawwa hell naaah!!! Ultimate_Game 1 Link to comment
R!TTER Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 KL is a better keeper even if only marginally! Link to comment
vvvslaxman Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 36 minutes ago, cowboysfan said: we might as well go back to KL,he has twice the talent of Samson and his keeping is on par even though he irks me. No. That guy doesn't have that all out attack mode Link to comment
bowl_out Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 5 minutes ago, Norman said: He's a Hindu isn't he? Even Washington Sundar despite what his name suggests is a Hindu. Washington's name was inspired by an Army officer who was his neighbor. Samson is a Mallu Christian. Many mallu Christians have a Hindu sounding first name and a Christian last name coffee_rules, Manucrick, Norman and 1 other 4 Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted October 9, 2024 Share Posted October 9, 2024 11 minutes ago, Norman said: He's a Hindu isn't he? Even Washington Sundar despite what his name suggests is a Hindu. No, he's a Christian. His wife is a Hindu. Washington Sundar is a Hindu for sure, some story about his first name being inspired by his father's coach. Norman 1 Link to comment
Ultimate_Game Posted October 9, 2024 Author Share Posted October 9, 2024 1 hour ago, Norman said: Aaawwa hell naaah!!! Samson is so poor that even KL seems a better option. Ideally both of them're kicked out Link to comment
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