Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 29: In the Indian T20I team for the five-match series against the West Indies beginning on Friday, Sanju Samson will take KL Rahul’s spot.
“The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson as a replacement for KL Rahul in the T20I squad for the ongoing West Indies series,” BCCI said in a statement hours before the first T20I.
NEWS 🚨 – Sanju Samson replaces KL Rahul in T20I squad.
More details 👇 #WIvIND | #TeamIndia https://t.co/4LVD8rGTlE
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2022
KL Rahul was already named to the team, but his ability to play in the T20I series was still up in the air. The BCCI medical staff has prescribed rest for the batter after a COVID-19 positive test last week.
Sanju Samson participated in the team during the just-completed ODI series, which the team won 3-0.
India’s squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.
