- VVS Laxman has been appointed as the head coach for the 4-match T20 series against South Africa. During his tenure, it has been considered to give a big responsibility to wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson….
Sanju Samson: Two different teams of Team India will be seen playing cricket in different formats this month. Under the reign of head coach Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma and company have to play the 5-match Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. On the other hand, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, India has to participate in a 4-match T20 series. Due to the busy schedule of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Gautam Gambhir will not be able to join the African team. Therefore, the BCCI has appointed NCA chief VVS Laxman as the head coach. Under his reign, wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson has been given this big responsibility.
Sanju Samson got this big responsibility under the reign of VVS Laxman
Team India has reached Durban for the 4-match T20 series to be played in South Africa. The first match of this series will be played on 8 November. In which batsman Suryakumar Yadav will be seen leading the Indian team. But, who will be his deputy officer i.e. vice-captain. This has not been revealed.
But, if media reports are to be believed, Sanju Samson can be seen in the role of vice-captain in this series. Because, apart from Sanju, there is no other player in the squad who can lead Team India in the absence of Surya. In such a situation, it is being speculated that if Surya goes out of the field during the T20 series, he can hand over the responsibility of the team to Sanju.
Sanju Samson was selected as the vice-captain against Zimbabwe
A 5-match T20 series was played between India and Zimbabwe in July. Shubman Gill was chosen as the captain for this series. He captained India for the first time on this tour. Under his captaincy, India won this series 4-1. On the other hand, Sanju Samson was seen doing the vice-captaincy against Zimbabwe.
He had helped Gill on the field. Now Sanju can be seen helping Surya in the same role in Africa. The interesting thing is that Sanju also has a lot of experience of captaincy in IPL and everyone is aware of his ability.
Indian squad for four T20 matches against South Africa: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.