'Sanju is having his career destroyed by the egos of KCA administrators'; Shashi Tharoor with severe criticism

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Indian team for the Champions Trophy to be held from February 19 to March 9 has been announced. Shubman Gill will be the vice-captain of the team led by Rohit Sharma. Yashaswi Jaiswal, Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah made it to the team but the fact that Malayalee player Sanju Samson did not get a place in the team made the Malayalees very sad.

Now MP Shashi Tharoor has come out strongly criticizing the Kerala Cricket Association over the incident. Shashi Tharoor alleged that the ego of Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) officials is ruining Sanju's career. Shashi Tharoor's response was through his official X page.

"The sorry saga of the Kerala Cricket Association and Sanju Samson -- the player wrote to KCA, in advance, regretting his inability to attend a training camp between the SMA and the Vijay Hazare Trophy tournaments, and was promptly dropped from the squad -- has now resulted in Sanju's exclusion from the Indian team. A batsman who has a highest score of 212* in the Hazare, who averages 56.66 in ODIs for India (including a century in his last outing, against South Africa) is having his career destroyed by the egos of cricket administrators. Doesn't it bother the KCA bosses that by leaving Sanju out, they ensured Kerala didn't even reach the quarter-finals of the Hazare? Where does this leave him?" - Shashi Tharoor posted on his official X page.