Mumbai, Feb. 24 -- Former Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel said on Tuesday that he would like to see vice-captain Axar Patel come back to the playing eleven for the all-important T20 World Cup clash against Zimbabwe on Thursday, adding that wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson could also make his return to the team.

After a 76-run loss to South Africa at Ahmedabad, India's fate for semis hinges on net-run-rate, their own matches in the near future, i.e winning their next two games and Proteas themselves, hoping that the 2024 T20 World Cup runners-up have an unbeaten run in the Super Eight phase.

Despite being the vice-captain of the team and taking six wickets in the tournament so far, Axar was not picked for the Super Eight opener against So...