Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra predicted that wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson will not feature in India's playing XI for the T20 World Cup 2026 after the 31-year-old scored 6(6) in the fifth India-New Zealand T20I. "Samson has not looked good in the middle...He is looking completely out of sorts right now," Aakash said. Samson scored 46 runs in the five-match series.