Finisher, anchor, accumulator: How Sanju Samson finally broke the World Cup door | Cricket News
Sanju Samson’s proverbial breaking the selectors’ door moment arrived on Tuesday when he was picked for the T20 World Cup in the USA and West Indies. He has been knocking on the door feebly, standing shyly behind it, to be repeatedly snubbed, but this IPL he raised his game by several notches so that the selectors had no other alternative, or rather knew a better alternative, than Sanju. This season Sanju has looked closer to the departure lounge of a World Cup-bound flight than ever before. He has seldom looked a more evolved batsman or presented a stronger case for inclusion than this IPL In the past, despite his glowing stroke-making gifts, there could have been logical arguments lined up against him. Like his tendency to plateau as a series unfolds, like his proclivity to vanish in big games, like his proneness to squander starts. He was a fits-and-sparks cricketer, who was too easy for selectors to find a fault or two with and discard. There were rough edges between the silk. This time, though, …