Sanju Samson picked up the injury during the fifth and final ODI against England earlier this month.

With 51 runs in five innings against England in the five-match T20 series, Indian opener Sanju Samson is facing the heat over his lack of form

Sanju Samson's entire series was summed up in his failed attempts to try to execute a pull shot.

Despite India's 4-1 series win over England, Ravichandran Ashwin criticised the batting approach of Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson.

The star would need NCA's green light before returning to competitive action

The Indian cricket team scripted history on Sunday after beating England by 150 runs in the fifth and final T20I in Mumbai.

IND vs ENG 5th T20I Highlights: Abhishek Sharma smashed a stunning ton and then picked up two wickets, as India wrapped up a 4-1 series win over England.

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar backed wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson to be allowed "long patch of failures" because of the impact he can make when he is in form.

Suryakumar Yadav's men won the first two games in Kolkata and Chennai before England pulled one back in Rajkot.

Sanju Samson has scored only 34 runs across three innings at an average of 11.33 and a strike rate of 103.03 in India's ongoing five-match series against England.