Ye meri team hai. Kaun kya bol raha hai…’: Hardik Pandya's reply to query on Sanju Samson, Umran Malik's non-selection

In the two opportunities that India got - the series-opener in Wellington was rained out without a ball being bowled - in the three-match T20I series against New Zealand, they decided not to play x-factor players like Sanju Samson and Umran Malik in the XI, much to the surprise of many. After the T20 World Cup exit, the popular belief was that India will inject an out-an-out seamer in the T20I set-up and play more free-flowing batters but their decision to bench Samson and Malik painted a different picture. When asked about Samson and Umran's non-selection, India's stand-in captain for the T20I leg of the tour, Hardik Pandya, said the ones who didn't get a game in the series will definitely get a long run in the future.