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T20 World Cup 2024: Who will be India's wicketkeeper in T20 World Cup 2024, Rishabh Pant or Sanju Samson? There is a lot of discussion about this. Sanju opened in the only warm-up match before the World Cup. But he could not do anything special. While Rishabh Pant, who came at number three, played a brilliant innings.
Pant scored 53 runs in 32 balls. And after this innings, the great batsman Sunil Gavaskar made it clear who will be India's wicketkeeper this time. Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson started the match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
Virat Kohli could not play this match due to coming late. And that is why Samson got this opportunity. Sanju, who performed brilliantly for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2024, has been selected in the first position, giving preference over Yashasvi Jaiswal. But it was unsuccessful. Sanju was LBW after scoring just one run in six balls. While Pant at number three has played the biggest innings for India.
Know what Gavaskar said…
If you talk about wicketkeeping, I think Rishabh Pant is better than Samson. We are not just talking about batting here, batting is also important. But Rishabh Pant has batted brilliantly in the last few matches. On the other hand, Sanju Samson had a great start to the IPL season, scoring runs at will and hitting the ball all around the field.
But he could not do anything special in the last two-three matches. So the match against Bangladesh was an opportunity for him. If he had scored 50-60 runs then there would have been no question. But now I think the Indian selectors will make Rishabh Pant the wicketkeeper.
Pant came on the field in the Indian jersey for the first time after his accident. But the break does not seem to have any effect on his batting. Pant hit four fours and four sixes in this innings. Fans were very happy with Pant's batting. People praised this innings a lot on Instagram.
After an accident, Rishabh Pant returned to professional cricket from IPL 2024. He did wonders this season. Pant has scored 446 runs in 13 innings of IPL 2024. These runs have been scored at an average of 40.50 and a strike rate of 155.40.