The T20 World Cup 2026 is all set to begin from February 7 and will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka (Pic: File Pic)

Ahead of the global showpiece, it will be interesting to see if Team India's management will prefer Ishan Kishan over Sanju Samson for the wicket-keeper's role (Pic: X/@IamSanjuSamson/@ishankishan51)

So far, Kishan has represented India in 35 T20I matches and has garnered 908 runs. His top score in the format is 89 runs (Pic: X/@ishankishan51)

On the other hand, Samson has donned India's T20I jersey on 56 occasions. Having scored 1072 runs, the right-handed batsman has also registered a career best score of 111 runs (Pic: X/@IamSanjuSamson)

Considering the recent performances of both players in the ongoing T20I series against New Zealand, Kishan has taken an edge over Samson (Pic: X/@ishankishan51)

The Kerala-born cricketer is also struggling with a string of low scores. However, his chances in the global showpiece seem less compared to those of Kishan (Pic: X/@IamSanjuSamson)