India, Sept. 19 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir said dropping Sanju Samson, the player of the tournament in India's triumphant T20 World Cup run at home, during the recent tour to England was "probably the toughest decision" he has taken in his tenure.

After a run of low scores, Samson made way for a much-awaited international debut of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the T20 series in England. However, India have returned to the established opening duo of Abhishek Sharma and Samson, who struck two fifty-plus scores in the dominant 3-0 series win over Afghanistan. "First of all, he doesn't need to give me any credit (for proper communication when he wasn't playing). His talent itself is enough for him to be in the dressing room. He's shown wha...