Rishabh Pant vs KL Rahul vs Sanju Samson: Reports Make Sensational Claims About T20 World Cup Squad Cricket News

While Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya’s lackluster batting performance still worries the national selection panel, KL Rahul is believed to be slightly ahead of Sanjur in the race for second wicketkeeper berth Sanju Samson, with the team expected to announce a 15-man squad. The T20 World Championship America’s Cup will be held at the end of this month. Another point of contention in selecting the final line-up could be the selection of additional bowlers. Considering West Indies’ slow bowlers, it remains to be seen whether extra pace bowler Avesh Khan will be slotted or Lucknow Super Giants leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi will be chosen between Ravi Bishnoi and Delhi Capitals all-rounder Akshar Patel. It is understood that captain Rohit Sharma may meet chairman selector Ajit Agarkar to discuss the outline of the team.

With the ICC setting a May 1 deadline for announcing the 15-member squad, the BCCI is expected to announce the list sometime later this week or early next week.

Pandya has so far bowled 17 off 32 balls in eight matches for MI.

As the designated finisher, he hit just seven sixes in these games, below par in every sense of the word. His free-flowing swing has been completely absent from the 150 runs he has scored at a strike rate of 142 so far in the tournament.

However, Pandya may be called ‘Tina’ (no option) to the selectors as Shivam Dubey, who is also expected to bowl on the flight to New York.

Also in terms of skill and pace, the bowler is far behind Dubey Pandya, but his current batting form (22 sixes in eight matches) cannot be ignored.

Rahul Vs Sanju

It is safe to say that Rishabh Pant, who is now third in the game with 342 runs and 161 runs, has closed the place as the team’s first wicketkeeper-batsman and designated finisher. .

The battle for the second wicketkeeper’s position is fierce and even though KL Rahul (302 runs, 141 SR) does not bat in the middle order, his range could help him beat Samson (314 runs, 152 SR).

Samson can again be content as a substitute as he was in last year’s World Cup 50-overs.

Bishnoi v. Avish v. Al-Aqsa

The five bowlers who have almost sealed their place are Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Siraj, Ravindra Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.

However, apart from Bumrah and Kuldeep, other Indian bowlers were not in good form during the IPL and hence selecting additional bowlers became very important.

It will be a three-way battle between Rajasthan Royals’ pacer Avish, Delhi Capitals’ left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Akshar and Lucknow Supergiants’ leg-spinner Bishnoi.

Avish has improved a lot in terms of death bowling and he took 8 wickets in as many games at an economy of 9.41 while Bishnoi took only 5 wickets but on flat tracks, his economy of 8.47 can be called impressive.

Axar has taken 7 scalps in 9 games but his bowling rate is just over 7 and would be a wise choice considering the conditions.

Also, he has great batting ability and has scored 132 runs and is also a very good all-round fielder.