Pawan Kumar
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The first T20 International match was played between India Cricket team and Sri Lanka Cricket team at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The Indian team included Sanju Samson in the playing 11, but the Kerala batsmen failed to capitalize on the opportunity. Samson was sent by the Indian team to bat in the fourth order. But he became the victim of Dhananjay De Silva by scoring 5 runs in 6 balls.
Sanju Samson has been in and out of the Indian team for a long time. The fan following of Samson’s batting is tremendous. In the IPL, Sanju Samson has shown that he has the potential to become a great batsman by playing many brilliant innings.
Recently, Rishabh Pant was injured and to replace him, many veterans stamped the name of Sanju Samson. However, Sanju Samson could not capitalize on the ‘Golden Chance’ he got in the first T20 International match against Sri Lanka and returned to the dugout early.
Pant’s successor
The fans were very disappointed due to the early dismissal of Sanju Samson. Fans also criticized Sanju Samson a lot on social media. Please tell that Sanju Samson is being considered as a suitable alternative to the injured Rishabh Pant.
From cricket pundits to fans say that Sanju Samson is the strongest contender to replace Pant in terms of excellent batting with wicketkeeping. Fans are unhappy with Pant’s irresponsible attitude and the Indian batsman has been heavily criticized for this.
India won the match
The Indian team defeated Sri Lanka by 2 runs in a thrilling match. In the match played at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Team India accepted the invitation to bat first and scored 162 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of brilliant innings by Deepak Hooda (41 *) and Akshar Patel (31 *).
In response, the Sri Lankan team could score 160 runs in 20 overs. With this, the Indian team led by Hardik Pandya took a 1-0 lead in the three T20 International series. The second T20 International match between the two teams will be played in Pune on Thursday.
