Trinidad: India batter Sanju Samson replaces KL Rahul in the squad against West Indies. Earlier, Rahul’s inclusion in the team was subject to his fitness and BCCI has now announced that the batter will not be playing in the five-match series.
While making the announcement, BCCI wrote on their website, “The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson as a replacement for KL Rahul in the T20I squad for the ongoing West Indies series.”
Sanju Samon replaces KL Rahul as he tests Covid-19 positive
“KL Rahul was earlier named in the squad and his participation in the T20I series was subject to fitness. The batter tested positive for COVID-19 last week and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team.”
The update also wrote, “Sanju Samson was part of the squad in the recently concluded ODI series that the team won 3-0.”
IND vs WI T20 Probable XI:
West Indies: Brandon King, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Odean Smith, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Romario Shepherd, Obed McCoy and Hayden Walsh jnr/Alzarri Joseph
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda/Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin/Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh
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