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They shone in IPL 2025, but will never be able to wear India's jersey- know the story of these 3 unlucky ones
IPL 2025: Players who perform brilliantly on a big stage like IPL often get a chance in Team India. But there are some players who shine every season, yet the blue jersey of Team India remains away from them. IPL 2025 also saw three such players whose game was excellent, but now it seems that their return to international cricket is almost impossible.
This player showed class in IPL 2025, return difficult
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson scored 285 runs in 9 matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 35.63 and a strike rate of 140.39. He also scored a half-century and also played as an impact player in some matches due to injury.
Despite performing brilliantly for a long time, Sanju could not get a permanent chance in Team India, and now it seems that his international career may remain incomplete, the reason is Dhruv Jurel and Pant. All three are doing better in every format, which makes Sanju's comeback difficult.
Yuzvendra Chahal's magic continues, but return difficult
Yuzvendra Chahal took 14 wickets in 11 matches in IPL 2025, in which his economy rate was 9.56. By taking a hat-trick against Kolkata Knight Riders and 4 wickets against Chennai Super Kings, he proved that he still has the power.
But due to the crowd of young spinners in Team India and the new thinking of the selectors, the path of return for Chahal seems very difficult, apart from this Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel have improved themselves, which has made Chahal's comeback difficult.
Vijay Shankar's useful innings, but the doors are closed
Vijay Shankar scored 118 runs in 6 matches at an average of 39.33 and a strike rate of 129.67. He also scored a half-century, but despite this, he is probably not able to make a place in the eyes of Team India, the reason is Nitish, Hardik and Shivam Dubey being in form.
Sanju Samson, Yuzvendra Chahal and Vijay Shankar - all three proved in IPL 2025 that they are still big match winners. But to get into the Indian team, opportunities and the trust of the selectors are also necessary. Unfortunately, these equations do not seem to be together now.
