T20 World Cup | Tilak Varma gives an update on Abhishek’s fitness and mindset during rehab
Despite the quick cameo, many fans felt he had wasted another chance to prove himself at international level. Social media was flooded with sarcastic and critical comments. One fan wrote: “Last time I saw Sanju Samson perform was before WW2,” while another wrote: “Sanju Samson started well but failed to convert. Another successfully missed chance.”Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus won the toss and elected to bowl first on what he described as a good batting surface. “We’ll bowl. It’s a very good flat cricket surface; surface-wise and dew-point-wise it’s the right thing to do. It’s about getting our skills right. It looks like a good wicket, try to chase it in the second half. That’s why we play cricket to have fun,” he said at the toss.Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav said his team would have preferred to bat first but was happy with the conditions. “We wanted to bat first. a similar explosive Jasprit (Bumrah) is coming, Suryakumar said.