A huge roar erupted at M Chinnaswamy Stadium when Rohit Sharma announced Sanju Samson’s name in the Playing XI for IND vs AFG 3rd T20I in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
After warming the bench for first two T20Is, Samson returned in XI for what is Team India’s final T20I match before the T20 World Cup.
An absolute run-fest is on the cards at Bengaluru and Samson would be hoping to make it count to stake a claim in for T20 World Cup 2024 spot.
Apart from Samson, Team India have also included Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Yadav in XI in place of Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh.
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India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Shivam Dube, Sanju Samson(w), Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan
