If not pant then possible alternatives are KL Rahul or DK.
They got their chances already and shat the bed royally in the last T-20 WC. We shouldn't forget how poorly KL performed in the Australia leg of WC, first maiden over became mandatory when he opened for India. DK is also a WC fraud lol, in every T-20 WC cycle he performs exceptionally well in the IPL only to get dropped in the WC after a few matches.
So who are the options, Ishan Kishan? I don't think he won't even be a part of 15 squad members as well as Rahul cause it's fixed that VK and Hitman will open so the WK batsmen should be someone from middle order that leaves the options are Pant, Samson, DK and outside chance of Jitesh.
I can see many unofficial reports claims that Pant is already set to be a part of the WC squad. Anyway we will know the complete squad on or before May 1.
Do some reason or the other I think this time Samson will get picked and if Pant bats again well he will get an opportunity. Samson fan club has again become active after his team and himself playing well. After watching yesterday's match between SRH and RCB, one thing I am certain that SRH batters are pathetic in chasing the target. If they bat first then SRH has a chance of winning the match otherwise they will lose. What do you guys think about Abhishek Sharma can he replace an all rounder in question, who also is the captain of MI.
Found this circulating on r/ipl. This is the squad picked up by Sanjay Manjarekar. Stange he did not pick up Kohli
