Samson was a travelling reserve player in India's 17-member squad for the Asia Cup 2023. KL Rahul, who had missed the first two matches -against Pakistan and Nepal- in the Asia Cup after he picked up a niggle, joined India and practised with the team's nets on Thursday.
As expected, the roster is a trimmed version of the Asia Cup squad with three players – Tilak Varma, Prasidh Krishna and Sanju Samson – missing out in the World Cup squad
The Asia Cup 2023 will kick off on August 30 onwards and will be held in Pakistan-Sri Lanka. India will kickstart their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan from September 2 onwards.
Ruturaj scored 58 off 43 balls with the supporting knock of Sanju Samson of 40 runs. Rinku and Shivam collected quick runs for India, scoring 38 and 22 respectively.
Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King's blistering batting display at Lauderhill helped West Indies clinch a five-match T20I series 3-2 against India here at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground on Sunday. Shepherd's four-fer earned him the 'Player of the Match' award. He got crucial
Rohit has not played a T20I international for India ever since Men in Blue's ten-wicket loss to England in the semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia on November 10 last year. In his absence, all-rounder Hardik Pandya is leading the team and a lot of young, new talents like
Openers Ishan Kishan (77 runs, 64b, 8x4, 3x6) and Shubman Gill (85 runs, 92b, 11x4) put on 143 in only 19.4 overs before stand-in skipper Hardik Pandya (70 not out, 52b, 4x4, 5x6) and Sanju Samson (51 runs, 41b, 2x4, 4x6) helped India set the hosts a challenging 352-run target. West Indies s