'Gauti bhai and I discussed...'- Suryakumar Yadav Reveals What Gautam Gambhir Said to Sanju Samson about Batting Order in Asia Cup 2025
Jitesh Sharma or Sanju Samson? That became one of the major questions among Indian cricket fans after the Asia Cup 2025 squad announcement. Indian cricket fans were also curious to see Sanju's batting position as there was Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma for the opening slots.
Jitesh Sharma or Sanju Samson? That became one of the major questions among Indian cricket fans after the Asia Cup 2025 squad announcement. Indian cricket fans were also curious to see Sanju's batting position, as there were Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma for the opening slots. Everything started to clear as soon as India went to play their first match of the tournament; Sanju Samson was in the playing XI as a middle-order batsman.
For a top-order batsman, it was never an easy job for him to bat deep in the order. But how did the Indian team management decide to put Sanju in the first eleven as a middle-order batter? During a recent podcast, India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav shared some fascinating information about the formation of the team in the Asia Cup 2025.
Yadav claims that Samson was always in their plan for the tournament. How to utilize him—that was the question. The skipper said that during a net session, he and head coach Gautam Gambhir were observing Sanju's batting in the nets. Gambhir was already impressed by what the keeper-batter had done for the team ahead of the competition. Then Gambhir went to Samson to discuss his new batting role as a middle-order batsman, a challenging position to operate in.
Gautam Gambhir informed Samson about his new batting role
"Mera dimag mein ye kabhi nehi aya ki Sanju nehi khelega. First net session, mein aur Gauti bhai (Gautam Gambhir) net piche khare the. Unhone bola ki he has done so well in the last 10-15 T20Is (I never thought Sanju would not play. During our first net session of the tournament, I and Gautam Gambhir were standing behind the nets. Gambhir said that Sanju did very well in the last 10-15 T20Is," Suryakumar said.
After the discussion, Gambhir talked with the keeper-batter and assigned him the middle-order batting role, where a lot of uncertainty might work. But one particular thing Gambhir asked Samson impacted the game, said Surykumar Yadav.
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