Lack of all-rounders: Wasim Jaffers reveals the real reason why Sanju Samson gets left out frequently

The
wicketkeeper-batsman
was
therefore
left
out
while
Rishabh
Pant
–
who
is
not
in
the
best
of
his
form
–
continued
to
get
the
backing
of
the
team
management.

Former
India
opener
Wasim
Jaffer,
while
giving
his
two
cents
on
why
Samson
isn’t
getting
the
chances
he
rightly
deserves,
blamed
the
top-order
batters
for
not
providing
the
skipper
with
some
part-time
bowling
options.

In
his
Twitter
post,
Jaffer
wrote,
“Sanju
was
dropped
despite
playing
well
cos
we
don’t
have
enough
all-rounders
and
part-time
options.
My
two
cents
on
why
there’s
a
dearth
of
all-rounders
and
part-timers.”

“We
don’t
manage
all-rounders
well
because
there
aren’t
many
around
we’re
quick
to
play
them
at
the
highest
level,
but
then
after
a
few
bad
outings,
they’re
out
as
quickly
as
they
got
in.
Vijay
Shankar,
Venky
Iyer,
Shivam
Dube,
and
Krunal
Pandya
are
a
few
examples.
Need
to
show
patience
while
they
develop,”
Jaffer
wrote
in
his
post.

Lack
of
part-time
bowling
options:

“With
bowling
machines
and
throwdown
specialists
around,
batters
have
stopped
bowling
in
the
nets,”
the
former
Mumbai
and
Vidarbha
cricketer
said.

Earlier
in
the
day,
former
India
pacer
Ashish
Nehra
–
who
is
in
New
Zealand
as
part
of
the
commentators’ panel
for
Prime
Video
–
also
spoke
after
Indian
team
management
dropped
Samson.
Nehra
–
who
is
the
head
coach
of
IPL
franchise
Gujarat
Titans
–
said
he
hopes
the
team
didn’t
pick
Deepak
Hooda
for
his
bowling.

“I
hope
they
haven’t
picked
Deepak
Hooda
for
his
bowling.
You
have
Washington
Sundar,
yes,
he
bowled
well,
and
picked
up
a
few
wickets
in
the
T20Is.
He’s
your
sixth
option,
but
not
a
great
sixth
option.
Two
changes
India
have
made
today,
first
thing,
I
don’t
feel
two
wrongs
make
a
right
because
it’s
not
that
Shardul
Thakur
hasn’t
done
well.
But
before
Thakur,
it
should
have
been
Deepak
Chahar.
Now
you
have
gone
with
Thakur
and
it
is
harsh
to
drop
after
one
game,”
Nehra
said
on
Prime
Video.

“Even
if
you
see
Sanju
Samson,
I
would
have
played
Hooda
ahead
of
Samson
because
he
was
part
of
the
World
Cup
squad
and
suddenly
he
is
nowhere.
So
it’s
difficult
for
Hooda
as
well
as
Thakur,”
he
explained.

“Bowling
wise
–
two
debutants,
then
Sundar
and
Thakur,
who
has
played
a
lot
of
T20
cricket
but
not
a
lot
of
ODI
cricket
lately,
and
then
Chahal.
Five
bowling
options
are
okay
but
you
should
definitely
have
a
sixth
option.
But
that
sixth-bowling
option
for
me
is
not
Hooda,
it’s
Deepak
Chahar.
You
can
go
with
four
pacers
because
there
is
no
Hardik
Pandya,
and
then
you
can
pick
two
spinners.
Sundar
is
a
good-enough
batter
and
then
you
have
Thakur
and
Chahar.
You
have
to
hold
the
fort
somewhere
and
not
keep
adjusting
all
the
time,”
Nehra
added
further.