Ajinkya Rahane reacts to the decision to omit wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson from India’s T20I squad for the tour of Zimbabwe. In comments reported by NDTV, Rahane says he is surprised by Samson being dropped and frames it as a question of how communication may have been handled around the selection. The remarks come after the squad announcement and reflect Rahane’s personal reaction to the change, rather than any detailed discussion of selection criteria. Across the reports, the common points are that Samson is left out of the T20I group for Zimbabwe, and Rahane publicly shares that he did not expect the omission. The sources do not provide additional information on the selection rationale, internal discussions, or whether other wicketkeeper-batters are included in Samson’s place. The coverage therefore focuses on Rahane’s response to the squad decision and on the immediate consequence for Samson ahead of the Zimbabwe T20I series.