Should Sanju Samson get a chance in T20 in place of Abhishek Sharma? Know the answer in figures

Sanju Samson is missing from India’s T20 team, he did not get a chance on the Zimbabwe tour. On the UK tour, Samson was able to score only 33 runs in 4 innings and after this poor performance, his drop from the Zimbabwe tour was raising big questions. Now another opening batsman of India, Abhishek Sharma is continuously flopping.

Samson was surrounded by criticism a few weeks ago, now critics have surrounded Abhishek Sharma. Abhishek could score only 11 runs in 3 matches of the Zimbabwe series. There was not a single occasion in the entire series when he scored 10 or more runs in an innings.

Who is ahead in the figures of 2026?

year 2026 If we look at the statistics, Samson is better in terms of T20 average. This year he has scored 400 runs in 14 innings at an average of 30.77, which includes three half-centuries. All three of his half-centuries came in the T20 World Cup.

On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma has scored 514 runs while batting in 23 innings this year and his average has been only 23.36. Abhishek has also scored five half-centuries in 2026, but there is a lot of lack of consistency in his performance. This opening batsman of India has been out on ‘zero’ 6 times in T20 this year.

Who is better in the last 10 innings?

If we compare the last 10 innings, Abhishek Sharma has scored 191 runs and during this period he has scored only one half-century. In the last 10 T20 innings, Abhishek’s average has been only 19.1 and his highest score was 59 runs.

If we look at the figures of Sanju Samson’s last 10 innings, he has scored 360 runs including three half-centuries. Samson’s average in the last 10 innings has been 40. Leaving aside the three consecutive half-century innings in the T20 World Cup, he has not been able to play any big innings in the remaining 7 innings.

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