The match between India and South Africa will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before this match, former cricketer Mohammad Kaif has demanded to give Sanju Samson a chance in the playing eleven. He gave a very special reason for this. Mohammad Kaif said that there is a weakness in Team India's batting order which the opposition team can take advantage of. He told why Team India will benefit from the arrival of Sanju Samson. Let us tell you what Mohammad Kaif has to say.

If Sanju Samson comes..

Mohammad Kaif shared his heart's feelings on his ex account. He said that there are many left handers in Team India and the opponents can take advantage of this. Kaif wrote, 'There are a lot of left handers in India's top order. This is easy for any opponent to make a plan. She can use off spinners against them. Things can be changed by adding Sanju Samson to the playing eleven.

India has way too many left-handers in top order – this makes it easy for opponents to make tactical plans and pick off-spinners as ideal match-ups. Adding Sanju Samson to the mix could help.

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 22, 2026

If Sanju comes, who will go out?

It is not known whether Team India will give a chance to Sanju Samson or not, but there is definitely talk of playing him in place of Tilak Verma. Tilak Verma has started in this T20 World Cup but his strike rate is a matter of concern. This player has scored 106 runs in 4 matches so far, his batting average is 26.5. The strike rate of this player is only 120, which is quite low. Whereas Sanju Samson has got a chance in only one match so far and this player has scored 22 runs in one match. The thing to note is that his strike rate was 275.00. Now it remains to be seen with which playing eleven Team India will take the field in the Super 8 match against South Africa.