{"id":191147,"date":"2026-07-07T13:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=191147"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:22:44","slug":"is-sanju-samson-playing-in-the-england-vs-india-3rd-t20i-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=191147","title":{"rendered":"Is Sanju Samson playing in the England vs India 3rd T20I today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71194906\">Sanju Samson has been omitted from India\u2019s playing XI for the third T20I of its five-match series against England in Nottingham on July 7.<\/p>\n<p>The omission comes a day after the right-hander, who was Player of the Tournament in India\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 win, was left out of the squad for its upcoming tour of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/sanju-samson-rested-or-dropped-india-squad-zimbabwe-tour-analysis-review\/article71190646.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Rested or dropped? The curious case of Sanju Samson<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He was also left out of the side for the second T20I in favour of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, prompting questions about his future in the side.<\/p>\n<p>Sanju played both matches in India\u2019s surprise series defeat against Ireland as well as the first washed-out T20I of this series, but struggled for form in all three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 07, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/sanju-samson-third-t20i-england-vs-india-excluded-omission-reason-latest-news\/article71194906.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanju Samson has been omitted from India\u2019s playing XI for the third T20I of its five-match series against England in Nottingham on July 7. The omission comes a day after the right-hander, who was Player of the Tournament in India\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 win, was left out of the squad for its upcoming tour &#8230; <a title=\"Is Sanju Samson playing in the England vs India 3rd T20I today?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=191147\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is Sanju Samson playing in the England vs India 3rd T20I today?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783452165_AFP_B8XU48F.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":177391,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=177391","url_meta":{"origin":191147,"position":0},"title":"India T20I squad for Ireland and England series: Shreyas Iyer named captain, Suryakumar dropped; Sooryavanshi gets maiden call-up","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced the squads for India\u2019s T20I series in Ireland and England, to be held in June and July, respectively. 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