India have registered a convincing win in the first T20I against West Indies in Hyderabad. Opener Shikhar Dhawan had been ruled out of the series due to injury and Sanju Samson replaced him but he didn’t get a chance to play in the first game. The second T20I in the three-match series will be played at the Greenfield Stadium where local people hope to see their local lad Sanju Samson in action.

“We are sure that even though K.L. Rahul had a good outing yesterday, our young man, Sanju will be in the playing XI tomorrow, as he can bat in any position. Our only concern is will we get a full 20 over game as rain is predicted tomorrow also,” said a group of young cricket buffs who were spotted at the airport waiting for the two teams.

Pitch curator Biju, however, is confident on the ground as with an excellent drainage system even if it rains hard, it will take only 30 minutes to resume the game.

“There are 3500 pipes that are placed under the turf and the moment the water goes down, it’s immediately taken out. Even if it rains tomorrow during the match, just 30 minutes is needed for the play to re-start the match,” said Biju.

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However, this is the third international match is going to take place in this stadium with the first one against New Zealand in 2017. The T20I game was reduced to an eight-over-a-side contest and the next one was last year was against West Indies when the One Day International was reduced to 20 overs, both occurred because of heavy rains and the situation on Sunday could also be similar as expected.

After Tinu Yohanan and S. Sreesanth, Sanju Samson is the third Kerala player to don the blue jersey and is the first one to be selected on his batting skills. His lone international appearance was way back in a T20I match in Zimbabwe in 2015.