India, Feb. 4 -- After setting the South Africa T20Is on fire not too long ago, Sanju Samson seems to have fallen off the cliff. In the five T20Is against England, Samson could only muster 51 runs in five innings, a surprisingly low tally of runs considering he burned up the charts with 216 runs from 4 innings in November. Surprisingly, Samson endured a technical flaw in his batting when England, particularly, Jofra Archer made his life tough with his pace. The India opener looked rushed against the genuine pacer of Archer and Mark Wood, getting dismissed off short ball in all five innings.

With intense competition for each spot in the XI, Samson's place can come in danger, especially with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill waiting in the...