India, the current T20 World Cup holders, endured a forgettable tour, losing 2-0 to Ireland before receiving a drubbing in England, which also led to them losing their top spot in the ICC Men\u2019s T20I rankings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The tour was marred by erratic selection calls, particularly involving teenaged batting sensation Sooryavanshi and wicketkeeper-batter Samson, who was the Player of the Tournament in this year\u2019s T20 World Cup triumph on home soil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"Never seen a more confused Indian cricket team management. The handling of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Sanju Samson has been far from professional. One is a generational talent, another World Cup winner - they need to be given confidence not doubts in their minds,\" Kaif wrote on his \u2018X\u2019 account on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Samson initially played three games, but got out cheaply and India then dropped him to accommodate Sooryavanshi, who couldn\u2019t cross 20 in his first three T20I games. In Saturday\u2019s 56-run defeat at Southampton, Samson was recalled at the expense of Sooryavanshi to fix a top-order left-handed imbalance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
To add further confusion, Samson has been excluded while Sooryavanshi is retained for the three-game series in Zimbabwe, starting on July 23. Meanwhile, ex-India batter Sanjay Manjrekar urged selectors to look beyond Indian Premier League (IPL) performances, arguing that flat domestic tracks give a distorted view of a batter's capability in testing overseas conditions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Samson initially played three games, but got out cheaply and India then dropped him to accommodate Sooryavanshi, who couldn\u2019t cross 20 in his first three T20I games. In Saturday\u2019s 56-run defeat at Southampton, Samson was recalled at the expense of Sooryavanshi to fix a top-order left-handed imbalance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cChallenge is for the selectors to imagine Indian batters without the heavy IPL make up on & pick only those for India. A lot of T20 cricket will be overseas now. The home fun run is over,\u201d he wrote on his \u2018X\u2019 account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n