In Malahide, Hardik Pandya gained the toss in his first recreation as captain and instantly had an affect. The Baroda all-rounder had some luck with the coin, in contrast to Rishabh Pant, who had misplaced 5 consecutive tosses. Umran Malik obtained his cap as nicely.
Sanju Samson’s identify was absent from the beginning lineup, which got here as a impolite shock to some supporters. They observed that Deepak Hooda was positioned at quantity three, which undoubtedly enraged the RR captain’s supporters on social media. Former cricketer Ashish Nehra then offered a proof of why Hooda was chosen over Samson.
Deepak Hooda Is Forward In Pecking Order Than Sanju Samson: Ashish Nehra
“No, it’s not a troublesome name in any respect. Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathi have come rather than Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. Deepak Hooda was already within the squad and even Venkatesh Iyer didn’t play a match in opposition to South Africa. And the type of efficiency, Deepak Hooda did in IPL as he’s a type of gamers who performed for Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy, the entire season he scored runs, then within the IPL additionally,” he advised Sony Liv’s pre-match present ‘Further Innings.’
“He began the match, taking part in at 5 or 6 (for LSG) after which he was promoted to quantity three and there additionally he did nicely. So his confidence have to be excessive. And it’s good to see that he was within the squad earlier than Samson arrived and he was backed earlier than him. He’s a honest participant and we all know there are such a lot of T20 video games coming. And as we noticed the squad was the identical in all 5 video games in opposition to South Africa, he would hope that he’s continued with,” Nehra additional added.
The primary match although would possibly get washed out.
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