India, Dec. 8 -- With Shubman Gill and Hardik Pandya's return to India's T20I set-up, the dynamic around India's Playing XI promises to change drastically, with the most pertinent question being, 'Will Sanju Samson get a game?' Samson was India's opener for a good part of last year, his pairing with Abhishek Sharma yielding success for India, but with Gill's promotion as the team's vice-captain, Samson was pushed down into the lower-middle order in the Asia Cup. Samson has been in fine nick in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, racking up scores of 51, 43, 46 and 73; however, captain Suryakumar Yadav has confirmed that the order won't change, with Gill opening and Samson batting in the middle order.

"Sanju, when he came into the circuit, he ba...