Sanju Samson has been dominant with his recent form at the highest level of competitive cricket, yet selectors have expressed huge doubts over his technique for the ODI formats. Hence, he has been dropped from the Indian ODI team.
While India needed to improve their squad to finalize the playing XI ahead of the 2027 World Cup, no one would have dreamed that India would dare to drop their World Cup hero Sanju Samson.
Furthermore, Yashasvi Jaiswal has been in good form in white-ball cricket and scored his maiden century in the 50-over format against South Africa when he was favored as a replacement for Shubman Gill due to injury.
Sanju Samson out of Indian ODI team; Yashasvi Jaiswal also remained sidelined.
both indian cricketers sanju samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal, two famous batsmen have been dropped from the Indian ODI team; However, the reasons behind their removal seem quite unfair.
One of the main reasons for his exclusion is left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan, who is in excellent form. He has been favored as a replacement for Samson due to his superior fielding abilities, while on the other hand, he can also be used as an opening batsman over Jaiswal, giving additional space to all-rounders and fast bowlers.
Indian ODI team: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (vice-captain), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Prince Yadav, Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey.
Rohit Sharma’s availability depends on fitness
Also read: India vs Afghanistan Test squad: Full details of shocking exclusions and surprising inclusions
“Was looking at Jaiswal as Rohit’s backup.” – Indian fans were shocked by the sudden exclusion of Yashasvi Jaiswal from the Indian ODI team.
I was looking at Yashasvi Jaiswal as the immediate backup to Rohit Sharma for the World Cup 2027 but he is no longer in the ODI team.
Strange pic.twitter.com/WKf5z2MEB1
– Staunch India Supporter (@KKRWeRule) 19 May 2026
Jaiswal has only two options to score a lot of runs and make a comeback i.e. become the second Prithvi Shaw
– Brown Cat (@gam48754) 19 May 2026
Jaiswal has only two options to score a lot of runs and make a comeback i.e. become the second Prithvi Shaw
– Brown Cat (@gam48754) 19 May 2026
Both KL and Rohit are looking at Ishaan as backup. It’s 2 in one and good for team composition.
– Amitav (@powerplaypandit) 19 May 2026
Biased BCCI
– Rai (@Avishekakhi123) 19 May 2026
Why not Sanju Samson in ODI and Test vs Afghanistan?
India’s top scorer and player of the tournament (321 runs) in the T20 World Cup has been sidelined in ODIs and Tests. Samson has proven his dominance at the highest level, yet selectors have long had doubts about his technique… pic.twitter.com/xsmzqUif9J
– Cricket Central (@CricketCentral) 19 May 2026
What was Sanju Samson’s mistake that he did not get a place in ODI?
– Nikhil Yadav (@NKY867599) 19 May 2026
CSK players like Sanju Samson literally won them the World Cup last year but these BCCI hypocrites are selecting based on IPL, can’t wait for another drop lmao https://t.co/y47YY61ZsQ
– ‘Mr.’ Villa (@Luccydevil07) 19 May 2026
No comeback for Sanju Samson in ODI despite giving his all in T20I, good luck Team India, you are again doing injustice to him, you can’t win by doing this to him
– Harshit (@knight_17_) 19 May 2026
Also read: India’s ODI squad for Afghanistan series: Complete details of surprise selections and stars left out