Gautam Gambhir has backtracked on many of his statements ever since he became the head coach of the team. He is now doing the same things for which he once criticized the BCCI. Apart from this, he has expressed his displeasure over many players not getting a chance and has also praised them. In the first T20 match against Sri Lanka, he was once seen backtracking on his words. He has not given Sanju Samson a chance to play in this match to be held in Pallekele. Rishabh Pant will be seen wicketkeeping in his place.

Samson was told the best wicketkeeper

Gautam Gambhir has praised Sanju Samson many times.

He has written in favor of Samson many times and has also called him the best wicketkeeper of the country. He believed that Samson should get a chance in the team in T20 and ODI formats. However, now that he has become the head coach of the team, he did not select Sanju Samson in ODIs. After this, he was also kept out of the first match of the T20 series against Sri Lanka, while Samson is coming after performing brilliantly in Zimbabwe. Apart from this, he did not get a chance to play in the T20 World Cup as well. Therefore, everyone was hopeful that he would get a chance with the arrival of Gambhir.

When You don't find Sanju Samson name in the team just remember what Gautam Gambhir said about Sanju after his century.. You'll see how these ppl make fools out of you fans pic.twitter.com/VBNuXFGnfT

, ᵇʳᵘᵗᵘ (@Brutu24) July 26, 2024

The old tweets of Gautam Gambhir on Sanju Samson pic.twitter.com/aSE7O3OGBr

— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) July 20, 2024

Samson's performance

Sanju Samson has scored 444 runs in 24 innings of T20 International. During this, his strike rate was 133. He reached Zimbabwe tour late due to being stuck in West Indies. Therefore, he could play only 3 out of 5 matches and batted in 2 of these innings. In one of its innings, he scored 12 not out and 58 runs in another.

India's playing XI

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj.

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India's playing XI

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj.

The news is being updated…..