India, Jan. 27 -- All the pieces are falling into place, barring one, for Team India and their T20 World Cup title defence. There's no denying that Suryakumar Yadav and his side will start the tournament as overwhelming favourites, given their recent form and India's unbeaten run in the previous nine bilateral T20I series. However, ahead of the marquee 20-team tournament, Sanju Samson's form has emerged as a major concern, and the pressure is mounting on the Kerala batter, given how Ishan Kishan is setting the stage on fire.

In the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand, the right-hander has returned with scores of 10, 6 and 0 so far, aggregating just 16 runs. In the third T20I in Guwahati, Samson was dismissed for a golden duck after b...