Indian cricket team will play against West Indies in the first T20I at Brian Lara Cricket Academy on Friday, 29th July. There will be 5 T20Is between India and West Indies after the visitors thrashed them in the ODIs. Indian batter Sanju Samson has been included in the squad of India for this 5-match T20I series against West Indies.
Indian opening batter KL Rahul was tested positive for COVID-19 last week and thus was remained out for the ODI series. He hasn’t travelled to Trinidad because medical team suggested him rest for atleast a week. Thus, Sanju Samson replaced him in the squad and could also feature in games for India in this particular series.
Sanju Samson played in the two-match T20Is against Ireland and he did well there. It will be a great opportunity for Sanju Samson to show his skills ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup which will be starting from October this year.
India’s squad for 5-match T20Is against West Indies:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul (*), Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi.
