Sanju Samson Injury: Bad luck strikes Samson again, RULED OUT with knee injury, doubtful for NewZealand series, Follow IND vs SL LIVE

Sanju Samson Injury: IND vs SL LIVE: India continue to be plagued by injuries. Sanju Samson is the latest victim. He has been ruled out with a knee injury and has not travelled with the team to Pune. It also makes him doubtful for the NewZealand series. Samson suffered a blow to his right knee in the 1st T20 and will miss the remainder of the series. The injury is a result of a diving attempt for a catch in the first over of 1st T20. While he went on to field, there is swelling on the knee. After scans, he has been sent for rehab. Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

If he is ruled out, Rahul Tripathi could get a lucky break. Tripathi has warmed the bench for 13 games without getting his debut cap.

“Team India wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson has been ruled out of the remainder of the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. Samson hurt his left knee while attempting to field a ball near the boundary ropes during the 1^st T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He was taken for scans and a specialist opinion this afternoon in Mumbai by the BCCI Medical Team and has been advised rest and rehabilitation,” BCCI said in a statement.

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How did Sanju Samson get injured? It was in the first over of SriLanka’s chase when Pathum Nissanka miscued a shot off Hardik Pandya’s delivery. Samson who was fielding in the cover tried to rush in to take the catch. But he miscalculated his dive and ended up dropping the chance.

While he continued to field after the incident, he developed swelling overnight. Following scans in Mumbai, he has been ruled out. He will begin his rehab. However, the injury also makes him doubtful for the NewZealand series.

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Sanju Samson Injury: Bad luck strikes Samson again, RULED OUT with knee injury, doubtful for NewZealand series, Follow IND vs SL LIVE Updates

Lucky Break for Rahul Tripathi? – However, Sanju Samson’s injury has opened up an opportunity for Rahul Tripathi. After spending 13 matches on the bench, he can slot right in at No 4.

Rahul Tripathi has been a part of these series:

India vs Ireland T20 (2 matches)
India vs Zimbabwe ODIs (3 matches)
India vs South Africa ODIs (3 matches)
India vs Bangladesh (3 matches)

Tripathi received his maiden T20I call up against Ireland earlier this year, but he did not made his debut in that series. With Virat Kohli also rested in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka, Tripathi can be an ideal candidate to bat at the number three position.

Speaking about his numbers in IPL, the 31-year-old has played 76 matches and has amassed 1798 runs at an astounding strike rate of 140. Tripathi also has ten fifties to his name and looks comfortable against both spin and pace bowling.

India’s squad for Sri Lanka T20Is: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Ishan Kishan (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (VC), Deepak Hooda, Rahul Tripathi, Sanju Samson, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Umran Malik, Shivam Mavi, Mukesh Kumar, Jitesh Sharma

Sanju Samson Injury: Bad luck strikes Samson again, RULED OUT with knee injury, doubtful for NewZealand series, Follow IND vs SL LIVE Updates

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