Sanju Samson has learnt to deal with the “outside noise” surrounding his career graph, but he admits that the intense competition for India’s top-order spots can be challenging even though players have little or no time to sulk over selection decisions.

Samson smashed a brutal 57 off 22 balls in India’s series-clinching seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the second T20I here on Tuesday. But he is well aware that the conversations about the trajectory of his career would not end.