Sanju Samson preferred to KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant for T20 World Cup squad: Navjot Singh Sidhu explains his choice

Notably, RR skipper Sanju Samson led from the beforehand connected Sunday with his blistering 71 (33) tally sound taking his squad to a comfy 7 wicket triumph against LSG successful Lucknow. Meanwhile, LSG skipper KL Rahul (76 disconnected 48 balls) besides deed a half-century but it had a considerably little interaction than the innings by his counterpart. 

In fact, the RR skipper has been successful fantabulous interaction this season, amassing 385 runs successful the 9 matches truthful acold astatine a onslaught complaint of 161.09 and an fantabulous mean of 77. The biggest contention for Samson is DC skipper Rishabh Pant, who has looked successful exceptional interaction this IPL play aft not playing nonrecreational cricket for astir 1 ½ years pursuing a deadly car accident. 

While galore cricketing pundits person argued that Rishabh Pant should rightfully instrumentality backmost his spot successful the Indian mediate order, others similar erstwhile batsman Navjot Singh Sidhu person present travel guardant to accidental that Sanju Samson is the astir preferred subordinate for the wicketkeeper slot successful T-20 World Cup.

In an enactment with Star Sports, Sidhu said, “No. 1 is Sanju Samson, connected form. This is simply a antithetic Samson. If India finds themselves successful situations wherever they request a spare opener oregon No. 4 batter oregon astatine No. 6, they you person KL Rahul, who is besides successful form. But I volition inactive similar Samson, followed by Rishabh Pant. He is coming retired of an injury. Now, bash you see him arsenic a white-ball specialist? His signifier is simply a spot patchy and scratchy, but helium has survived the trial truthful far. My preferences are these three,"

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Published: 28 Apr 2024, 10:29 AM IST