IND vs WI: Sanju Samson will replace KL Rahul in India’s T20I squad on their ongoing tour of the West Indies. And confirmed by the BCCI on Friday (July 29). A release from the board stated that Rahul recently contracted Covid-19.

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Sanju Samson will replace KL Rahul

IND vs WI 5 T20I:

Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh.

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Rahul has not played international cricket since February and T20Is

Rahul was originally naming in the squad for the five-match series subject to achieving match fitness. The opener was laid low by a groin injury. He required surgery and ruled him out of the entire tour of England. As well as the home T20Is against South Africa, he was naming captain. Incidentally, Rahul has not played international cricket since February and T20Is since the New Zealand series late last year.

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Samson, who featured in the two T20Is against Ireland. Hen pick for the ODIs against West Indies and managed to score a half-century in the second of those games.