India, Jan. 29 -- Sanju Samson was drafted into the playing XI as an aggressive opener in place of Shubman Gill who was struggling to play the role in the chances he got. But since then Samson has flopped to really prove his worth and there has been a lot of discussion around his spot in the team. So, does India really have a Sanju Samson problem?

The fact is India have a "Sanju Samson spotlight" problem, a selection narrative so loud it turns every short failure into a referendum, even when the same run of games is full of similar mini-failures from others.

That matters because India are trying to build a T20 side that wins phases, not debates. When one player's lean patch becomes a daily courtroom drama while others are protected by r...