Sanju Samson has offered a candid take on the outside noise and his competition with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 's omission from India's playing XI against Afghanistan, insisting that competition between players cannot come at the expense of the team's larger objective.

Samson and Abhishek Sharma opened in India's first two T20Is against Afghanistan, leaving Sooryavanshi on the bench despite the teenager having been named Player of the Series in Zimbabwe.