IND vs SL Live: Injured Ruturaj opens door for Sanju – Someone’s loss is another one’s gain and Sanju Samson will be eager to make this count after injury to Ruturaj Gaikwad opened the doors for him once again. Ruturaj Gaikwad, who was designated opener for the 1st T20 against Sri Lanka in Lucknow, missed out with injury, handing the place to Sanju. Follow India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
IPL 2021’s Orange Cap holder, Ruturaj Gaikwad, who finally got the opportunity in the third T20 against West Indies, after warming the bench for two series suffered a big setback. While he was supposed to open with Rohit Sharma, as per BCCI, he complained of pain in right wrist, ruling him out of the 1st T20 against Sri Lanka.
IND vs SL Live: Unlucky Ruturaj Gaikwad misses out on BIG OPPORTUNITY, opens door for Sanju Samson – Follow Live Updates
“Ruturaj Gaikwad complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. He was unavailable for selection for the first T20I. The BCCI Medical Team is examining him,” BCCI said in a statement.
With Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul ahead in pecking order, Ruturaj Gaikwad had to warm the bench for the New Zealand series and later the first two matches in the West Indies series. He was coming back from a fantastic domestic season after piling up tons of runs in the IPL 2021. After he failed on his return, scoring just 4 in the 3rd T20, the Sri Lanka series was hic chance to impress.
UPDATE – Ruturaj Gaikwad complained of pain in his right wrist, which is affecting his batting. He was unavailable for selection for the first T20I. The BCCI Medical Team is examining him.@Paytm #INDvSL
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 24, 2022
IND vs SL Live: Unlucky Ruturaj Gaikwad misses out on BIG OPPORTUNITY, opens door for Sanju Samson – Follow Live Updates
“We were looking to chase as well, not sure how the pitches in India plays. But we now know we need to bat well, the last time we played here, about 4 years back, the pitch played well. Nothing changes as far as the goals of the team are concerned, need to do the right things as a team, need to keep ticking all the right boxes. It’s a challenge for the new gutsy – from the last game we played, we have 6 changes. Ruturaj was supposed to play, but he has a wrist injury and will not play today,” Rohit Sharma said at the toss.
IND vs SL Live: Unlucky Ruturaj Gaikwad misses out on BIG OPPORTUNITY, opens door for Sanju Samson – Follow Live Updates
However, that opened the door for Sanju Samson. Another stalwart of IPL. Despite showing a lot of promise in IPL and domestic cricket, the Rajasthan Royal skipper has been super flop in international cricket. In 10 T20Is, he has scored just 117 runs at an average of 11.70.
But now, he will be aiming finally put the criticism to the bed. If he gets to play all three matches against Sri Lanka, his aim will be to establish himself as the first backup option in case KL Rahul or Ishan Kishan is not available.
IND vs SL Live: Unlucky Ruturaj Gaikwad misses out on BIG OPPORTUNITY, opens door for Sanju Samson – Follow Live Updates
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