India vs West Indies: Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan selected as wicketkeeper in T20I Squad against West Indies

Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan selected as wicketkeeper in T20I Squad against West Indies: New selection leader of India Ajit Agarkar has given a new leaf of life to Sanju Samson as the wicketkeepr batter selected with Ishan Kishan.

Samson already selected in ODIs, now he has a great opportunities to prove yourself.

Rajasthan Royals skipper is one of the two wicketkeeper batters selected in the T20 squad.

Samson, who has not been given consistent chances in the white-ball formats, is set to get enough chances in the Caribbean tour as the likes of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are out of the team due to injuries.

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A talented players is always looked at as the next big thing in cricket.

However, with the emergence of Pant, Samson slightly went the pecking order. Now with no Pant for at least four months. The RR batter would be hoping he gets enough chances to showcase his huge potential.

In the limited chances that the right-hand batter has got. He has shown flexibility and adaptability coming in at different positions in the ODIs and T20Is.

In the 50-over format, Samson has played 11 ODIs scoring 330 runs. He has often come as a finisher in ODIs and shown calmness and composure. While in the T20Is, Samson has been used as a floater scoring 301 runs in 17 matches. With West Indies not showing any form in white-ball formats, this is the golden opportunity for the Kerala batter to make the wicketkeeping spot his own.

Squad:

Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Surya Kumar Yadav (VC), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (C), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

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