Shubman Gill vs Sanju Samson: A Mahabharata is being waged regarding giving continuous opportunities to Shubman Gill in T20I cricket in the Indian team. At the same time, Sanju Samson is being made to sit outside on the bench. In such a situation, fans are expressing their anger on social media.
Shubman Gill vs Sanju Samson in T20: Team India’s batsman Shubman Gill is the subject of much discussion at the moment. The biggest reason behind this is giving him continuous opportunities in the Indian T20I team and then flopping with the bat. At the same time, infield batsman Sanju Samson is being kept out of the playing eleven, so that Gill gets a chance to play. However, he is out of the series against South Africa. According to reports, he will not play due to injury. Now the next question arises that what is there in the last gill which Sanju cannot do. According to records, Samson is ahead, still why is he out? Let us tell you 3 big reasons why Sanju is better than Shubman…
Sanju’s excellent performance in T20 in the last one year
After the last one year i.e. 2024 World Cup, Sanju Samson’s bat has spoken strongly. On the tour of South Africa, he scored 216 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 194.59 and an average of 72.00. Not only this, he also scored 2 centuries. In the first T20I, he scored 107 off 50 balls, while in the fourth he scored 109* off 56 balls. Even in Asia Cup 2025, 132 runs were scored in 4 innings. He had 1 half-century in his name. At the same time, Shubman Gill could score only 127 runs in 7 innings in Asia Cup, 132 runs in 5 innings on Australia tour and 32 runs in 3 matches against South Africa.
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Ability to give a fast start to the Indian innings
Apart from this, Sanju Samson has the ability to score runs at a faster pace than Shubman Gill, which is also a demand in T20 cricket. Gill’s career strike rate is 138.60, while Sanju’s is 147.41. Along with Abhishek Sharma, he can give a fast start to the Indian innings. If both the players play for 6 overs, India can lay the foundation of a big score. But Gill has not been successful in doing this yet. Timing is very important in his batting, which does not fit in with T20 cricket.
Sanju’s ability to hit sixes is greater
Compared to Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson has much more ability to hit sixes. Sanju has that fire power, which can send the ball to the constellation at any time. Whereas, if we talk about Gill, he mostly believes in hitting boundaries. Although Gill’s ability is quite high in terms of Test and ODI, sixes matter a lot in T20 cricket. Sanju has hit a total of 56 sixes so far, while only 26 have come off Shubman’s bat.
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