Team India is currently playing against Bangladesh in their only warm-up match for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The match will take place in New York.
India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first. The Men in Blue will be without Virat Kohli for the match. Rohit confirmed the news at the toss and also revealed that Kohli will miss the game as he joined the team just a day before. Well, Kohli not playing is not the only surprise for the Indian team. The team management gave a big surprise by sending Sanju Samson to open the innings with captain Rohit Sharma. While Yashasvi Jaiswal was expected to open the innings, the Indian team management decided otherwise.
The decision will surely surprise many as Samson did not open the innings even once in the IPL. On the other hand, Jaiswal opened the innings throughout the competition and also scored a century, although he struggled to perform consistently. It will be interesting to see who opens the innings with Rohit in the main event. But for now, the call has taken many by surprise.
Talking about Samson, the right-handed batsman had a good outing in IPL 2024. He led the Rajasthan Royals from the front and finished the season as their second-highest run-scorer. In 16 games, he scored 531 runs with the help of five fifties. The Kerala star is participating in the World Cup for the first time in his career and hopes it will be a memorable one.
Here are some of the reactions when Sanju Samson opened the innings for Team India in the warm-up game:
Wow Sanju Samson opening with Rohit Sharma. This was unexpected. pic.twitter.com/ukpcVgdDLC
– RATNISH (@LoyalSachinFan) June 1, 2024
Sanju Samson opens with Rohit Sharma for India. ❤️🔥#SanjuSamson #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/ZswHaQrstP
– Sabir Zafar (@Sabir_Saabu01) June 1, 2024
Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson opening for India in the warm-up match against India is something interesting. But Samson couldn’t be productive enough. Eyes in the pants.
– Shirsha Bhattacharyya (@Shirsha_18) June 1, 2024
Rohit Sharma opening with h Sanju Samson could give us some clarification: Yashasvi Jaiswal is not the favorite to play at 11. The team will do so with Shivam Dube at 11 #T20WorldCup #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/DzZOe1Jgj9
– AHMED SAYS (@AhmedGT_) June 1, 2024
Sanju opens, so it is clear that Rohit Virat will open
– Gaurav (@VkohliisGOAT) June 1, 2024
Rohit Sharma opening with Sanju Samson. It means Sanju will not start at 11 for the main tournament.
– 🎰 (@StanMSD) June 1, 2024
Sanju Samson will open with Rohit Sharma which means Virat Kohli will open with Rohit in the world cup!#T20WorldCup2024 #T20WC #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/IzvYclUJX9
– Yash Srikant (@YashSrikant) June 1, 2024
Sanju opening with Rohit
– Rohit-Kohli opens in World Cup – Pant, as expected, will be selected ahead of Samson – No Jaiswal, means Dube could be included, making Rinku’s exclusion even worse.
– Middle Class Chandler (@MC_Chandler01) June 1, 2024
Sanju and Rohit open! Hint: Vk and Rs will open and sanju at 3 in wc.#india @imVkohli @vikrantgupta73 @rawatrahul9 @wwasay
– Adnan Mudassir (@am_majoor) June 1, 2024
Sanju’s opening today means Rohit – Kohli opening in confirmed league matches 👍🏻
— ʀɪᴛʜɪᴋ. (@ffsRithik) June 1, 2024