New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Savage replies and Suryakumar Yadav goes hand and hand. Tuesday was no different as the Indian captain left all the seven other skippers in splits when asked about Sanju Samson's chances of making the playing XI in the Asia Cup 2025, which starts later on the day. Afghanistan and Hong Kong play in the opener in Dubai.

Samson has been in prolific form as India's opener for the past year in the T20Is. However, his spot in the playing XI appeared uncertain since the return of Shubman Gill, who is likely to open the batting with Abhishek Sharma at the top of the order.

With Tilak Varma and Suryakumar taking the no.3 and 54 positions, there seems no chance of Samson at least in the top order of India's batting. When ask...