Sanju Samson Playing 11, IND vs ZIM: The Indian team has to play its next Super-8 match in the T20 World Cup 2026 against Zimbabwe on Thursday, 26 February at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Before the match, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak gave a big update on Team India’s playing 11. He told that Sanju Samson is being considered for the match against Zimbabwe.

With Sanju being considered, a question arose whether Abhishek Sharma, who flopped in four innings, would be kept on the bench? Let us tell you that Abhishek has scored only 15 runs in four innings. He scored these runs only in the fourth innings, because in the first three innings the Indian openers were out without opening the account.

Left handed batsman in top order

Let us tell you that all the top order batsmen in India are left handed batsmen. Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma come at the opening. Then Tilak Verma takes charge at number three. On this, the batting coach said that we are thinking of making changes, because apart from opening, there is also a left-handed batsman at number three.

What did Sitanshu Kotak say?

Before the match against Zimbabwe, Sitanshu Kotak said, “There is talk about this (inclusion of Sanju in the playing 11). We are thinking of making changes in the next match because both the openers are left-handed and the number three batsman is also left-handed. We will see about it because we do not decide the team first. But thoughts will definitely come to our mind.”

Sanju has played one match

It is noteworthy that Sanju Samson has played a match against Namibia in the tournament, in which he played an innings of 22 runs. Although Sanju is also not in very good form, but looking at Abhishek his form looks better. Now it will be interesting to see what changes happen in India’s playing 11 against Zimbabwe.