BCCI will meet selector Jay Shah to finalize the T20 World Cup squad. The report said, “In place of Hardik Pandya…” cricket news

The Ajit Agarkar-led national selection committee will meet BCCI secretary Jay Shah in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to finalize the 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup in the US, but the official announcement may come a day later. The BCCI secretary is the convenor of the senior selection committee (men) and with Shah busy with his political commitments, it is understood that the meeting will be held in Ahmedabad.

The place of the second wicketkeeper and the place of all-rounder Hardik Pandya in the team will be the two discussion points of the selection meeting.

It is understood that the battle for the second wicketkeeper’s spot is still going on between KL Rahul (378 runs at a strike rate of 144 in the IPL so far) and Sanju Samson (385 runs at a strike rate of 161).

Rajasthan Royals captain Samson has performed consistently for his IPL team for the first time in over a decade, but there is no way that his No. 3 batting position will earn him a place in the Indian team.

Another school of thought is that someone like Samson, who has 25 T20Is but averages only 20 and a strike rate of around 135, should not be considered on the basis of just one good IPL season.

In Rahul’s case, it can be said that a senior member of the coaching staff will definitely make every possible effort to include him, but many believe that the stylish right-handed batsman’s approach to T20 cricket It is old only.

However, on slow Caribbean pitches he is still considered a better bet than Samson at No. 5 or 6.

The other option Jitesh Sharma is in very poor form while Dhruv Jurel has not got a chance to keep wickets. During the last match in Lucknow, he got a chance to bat long and scored a half-century.

Left-handed batsman Tilak Verma, who is also a useful off-spinner, remains an option along with Punjab fast bowler Sandeep Sharma, whose slow variations in the death overs have played a big role in Rajasthan Royals’ rise to the top of the IPL. table.

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