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Former India batter Wasim Jaffer reckons that batters like Sanju Samson, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal won't find a better pitch to score runs than the one at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida. After the completion of first three T20Is, both teams flew to the U.S. as the final two matches of the series will be played in Florida. Jaffer believes that the pitch in Lauderhill will be a batter's paradise and Indian batters should be able to score runs.
"He (Samson) is due some runs. This is a high-scoring ground where the ball will come onto the bat and he will like batting here. Whether it's him or Shubman Gill or Jaiswal, if you're in poor form, you won't get a better pitch than this. So they need to make the most of it," said Jaffer while speaking to ESPNcricinfo.
Indian batters have struggled to time the ball on sluggish Caribbean pitches. Apart from Tilak Varma, no Indian batters have been able to score runs consistently in theT20I series so far. Suryakumar Yadav played a match-winning knock in third T20I but the charismatic batter has found it challenging to score runs freely in the Caribbean.
Gill has had a dismal tour of the West Indies. The stylish opening batter struggled during the Test and the ODI series while the T20Is have not given Gill any respite. The Gujarat Titans' batter has scored just one half-century in the ongoing tour and with just two more matches remaining, Gill would be desperate to remind the onlookers of his mercurial talent.
Samson continues to bottle opportunities as the attractive still searching for that one stupendous knock to ease his nerves in India threads. In the previous three T20Is, Samson walked out to bat twice and could only score 19 runs in as many balls faced.
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