‘Abhishek is a player with lot of hype’: India batter questions Samson’s T20I snub

2 min readUpdated: Jul 27, 2026 08:24 AM IST Abhishek Sharma has scored only 191 runs in his last 10 innings while Sanju Samson was ignored for India's Zimbabwe tour. (CREIMAS)Abhishek Sharma’s prolonged run of poor scores has led to criticism of the team management for their ‘unfair’ preference for the left-handed opener over wicket-keeper Sanju Samson, who was dropped from the T20I squad ahead of the Zimbabwe series that concluded on Sunday. Out-of-favour India batter Hanuma Vihari questioned why Abhishek has received firm backing from the management while Samson was sidelined despite leading India to T20 World Cup glory with three back-to-back match-winning knocks.ALSO READ | Laxman on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: ‘His maturity has skyrocketed in last 6 months’ “Before the World Cup, Sanju Sam