Sanju Samson's last 10 T20I innings

Sanju Samson continued to be sidelined from India's white-ball squads after not being named in the side for the five-match T20 series against Australia Image Source : Getty

Sanju Samson last played a T20I against Ireland in August where he scored 40 off 26 but he has had a few poor games in recent times in the format for India and in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Image Source : Getty

Samson scored 138 runs in 8 matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy playing for Kerala at a strike rate of 145 and 27 average Image Source : AP

Samson's inconsistency has been a huge concern for him and his fans as far as his place in the side is concerned, probably one of the reasons that Suryakumar Yadav was preferred ahead of him in the World Cup squad Image Source : BCCI Twitter

In the last 10 matches he has batted in T20Is Samson has batted, Samson has scored just one fifty against Ireland last year Image Source : Getty

Samson averages a meagre 24.22 in the last 10 innings in T20Is striking at 146.3. Image Source : Getty

Samson scored just 218 runs in the last 10 matches Image Source : AP

Overall in 21 innings, Samson has scored 374 runs in T20Is for India at an average of 19.68 and a strike rate of 133.57 Image Source : AP

Last 10 T20I scores of Sanju Samson - 18 (12) vs SL, 77 (42) vs IRE, 30* (23) vs WI, 15 (11) vs WI, 5 (6) vs SL, 12 (12) vs WI, 7 (7) vs WI, 13 (9) vs WI, 1* (1) vs IRE and 40 (26) vs IRE Image Source : BCCI Twitter

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