T20 World Cup: Pant or Sanju Samson, who should get a chance in the playing XI? Sunil Gavaskar reveals his choice

Speaking on Star Sports, Sunil Gavaskar said, “I think if you select on the basis of wicketkeeping, then Rishabh Pant is a better wicketkeeper than Sanju Samson. We are not talking about batting here. However, the player will also be selected keeping batting in mind. But Rishabh Pant has also batted well in the last few matches. Sanju Samson also gave a great start to the IPL season. He was sending the ball out of the field.”

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Did wonders in warm up match
Rishabh Pant played an innings of 53 runs off 32 balls in the practice match against Bangladesh. During this, he hit 4 fours and 4 sixes. He scored runs at a strike rate of 165.62. Pant is the X-factor of Team India in the T20 World Cup. He was badly injured in a road accident in December 2022. After this he remained out of the field for a year and made a comeback in IPL 2024. He batted well in the IPL.

Indian team for T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Jaspreet Bumrah.

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