Dubai: Does Gautam Gambhir want to end the career of Sanju Samson, the explosive batsman. This question is rapidly arising on social media. In fact, Gautam Gambhir is being criticized for not giving Sanju Samson a chance to bat in the match being played against Bangladesh. In the Super-Fore match of Asia Cup 2025, many questions have arisen on India’s constantly changing batting strategy. Bangladesh stopped Team India at 168/6. In the powerplay, India scored 72 runs without losing wickets and the score reached 112/2 by the 11th over. But in the last nine overs, the team was able to add only 56 runs and lost four wickets.

Why didn’t Sanju Samson give a chance?

On ESPNcricinfo’s show Time Out, Akash Chopra described the Indian batting order as “not a matter of understanding”. At the same time, former fast bowler Varun Aaron was surprised that Sanju Samson did not even get a chance to bat. Shivam Dubey was sent to number 3 after Shubman Gill was dismissed in the seventh over, but he was dismissed for 2 runs in just three balls.

Chopra said, “When Gill and Abhishek Sharma were playing, the wicket looked very easy. But as soon as one wicket fell, the batting order got completely entangled. Bangladesh bowled well, but we ourselves increased the difficulties with strange decisions.” Aaron also questioned, “It would have been better to send Sanju Samson up. The decision to bring Dubey proved wrong.”

Suryakumar gave cleanliness

After the match, Suryakumar Yadav said, “He had the left-arrow spinner (Nasum Ahmed) and Legspiner (Rishad Hussain). At that time it seemed right to send Dubey. We took the risk, but not successful. We can try this strategy even further.”

Constant use in batting order

In the entire tournament, India seems to be experimenting with the batting order. Batting coach Sitanshu Kotak says that “every batsman is ready to play at any number”. The major reason for this is to maintain left-right combination. But after Gill’s return, Samson has been launched only once at number 3. Dubey was sent after Gill was also dismissed against Bangladesh. Even after the fifth wicket fell in the 15th over, Samson was stopped and sent to Akshar Patel, who scored 10* off 15 balls.

Weakness against Dubey’s spin

Shivam Dubey was sent with the intention of playing aggressively on spinners, but his recent record has been disappointing. From January 2023 to April 2024, he was scoring an average of 73.4 against the spin and a strike rate of 166.1, but after that his average fell 21.1 and the strike rate fell to 121.8. Akash Chopra raised the question, “Is it right to target a bowler in the seventh over? If Dubey was brought in the 14-15th over, the strategy could have been successful.”

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