After another snub from the Indian playing XI for wicket-keeper and former opener Sanju Samson, a former South African legend has claimed that Shubman Gill's rise to the top spot in the T20I XI gives him an elevated status like that of Indian legends Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
India have begun their T20 World Cup preparations and have made some changes to the team. Just ahead of the Asia Cup, Shubman Gill was brought back into the squad and was also named the vice-captain, which suggested that he would now be seen as a permanent figure in the shorter format.
Sanju Samson, who used to open the innings for India until then and extended a promising record with three hundreds in a calendar year, one against Bangladesh and two more against South Africa, was neglected and dropped back into the Indian batting order. However, it never seemed that the batter was best suited for the middle-order roles.
