India, Sept. 16 -- Sanju Samson addressed the competition for the opening slot in the Indian T20I team after playing a match-winning 57-run knock off 22 balls in the second match of the three-game series against Afghanistan on Tuesday. The right-handed batter added that he understands the task at hand for the team management, comprising skipper Shreyas Iyer and head coach Gautam Gambhir, and how the duo are spoilt for choice.

The first two T20Is against Afghanistan saw Samson and Abhishek Sharma start as openers, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi relegated to the bench despite winning the Player of the Series award against Zimbabwe. Samson failed to get going in the opener, scoring 10 runs off eight balls, but he answered his critics in style, s...