The Indian cricket team will play a series of 5 T20 matches against South Africa. The first match of this series will be played on June 9 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi. Veteran players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah have rested in this series. After which, KL Rahul was made captain of the Indian team. But now KL Rahul has been ruled out of the entire series due to injury. Rishabh Pant will now be the captain of the India team, while Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of the team.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri has given a big statement about Sanju Samson. He said that the T20 World Cup will be held in Australia. Sanju Samson can easily score runs from the wicket there. He further said that Shreyas Iyer has trouble playing shooting. In such a situation, Sanju Samson will prove to be a better option on the Australian terrain. India has batsmen like Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer to bat in this number. But according to the former Team India coach, Sanju Samson is the best option.
This IPL season was a great one for Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson. Apart from his excellent captaincy this season, he also performed well in hitting. Sanju Samson has scored 458 runs in 16 games this season. However, this season, Sanju Samson was able to score more than 50 runs only 2 times. Under the leadership of Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals reached the final. However, Rajasthan Royals had to face defeat in the final match against Gujarat Titans.