India won the India-Australia T20 match by 11 runs in December 2020. Chahal was awarded the Man of the Match award in Canberra. But Chahal was not part of the playing XI. Chahal replaced Jadeja with a concussion injury.
Chasing the target of 162 runs set by India, Australia managed to reach 150 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Chahal conceded 25 runs in 4 overs and took 3 wickets. Former Indian fielding coach Sridhar is saying that it was Sanchu Samson who came up with the strategy to replace Jadeja with Chahal. Sridhar revealed this through his book.
At this time Sridhar was in the dugout of the Indian team. Mayank Agarwal and Sanju Samson were sitting next to each other. Sanchu said
” Sir, did the ball hit Jaddu’s helmet? Why can’t we seek a concussion substitute? Let’s replace Jaddu with another bowler. “
This is where I saw a captain in him. I immediately told Ravi Shastri about this. Shastri also saw that Sanchu’s strategy was good.
According to the book of the former Indian fielding coach
