Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
3 in India’s second T20I against New Zealand and feels the team management should reconsider his position. Ashwin also praised India’s middle order, particularly Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ramandeep Singh, for helping the team chase New Zealand’s total of 180. Because i have only two options of a hit or a miss, he just found himself a little like a fish out of water, for a young cricketer like Vaibhav, ‘miss’ is too early I think to say, but.
Speaking after the match in Christchurch, Ashwin described the youngster as a “miss” but stressed that it was too early to judge him negatively. He kept going hard, kept going hard for the eight balls,” he said. He said a senior partner could have helped the youngster remain calm and focus on playing the ball more carefully. Sometimes, as a batter, all you need to be told is to watch the ball closer.
Ravichandran Ashwin believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was uncomfortable batting at No. The teenage batter, who replaced the injured Ishan Kishan in the playing XI, managed just four runs off eight balls after coming in during the sixth over. Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma continued to open, leaving Sooryavanshi to bat in an unfamiliar position. “That is a miss. Ashwin felt Sooryavanshi needed guidance from an experienced batter while trying to settle into the unfamiliar role. You do miss that in all the action that happens around you. So I just felt like he was a fish out of water. Walking in during the sixth over is not his cup of tea,” he explained. “Look, I think they played this combination before, and Sanju had to skip down to number three. If they are going to go with this combination, I am not too sure Vaibhav has got to bat at number three, but it is what it is. “India’s middle order is coming through nicely. That is six, seven, and eight. It looks pretty dangerous. All of them can belt the ball. Ramandeep is a very good hitter of pace bowling. He is showing that he can really club spinners as well. To stand and hit a spinner of Mitchell Santner’s pedigree is no joke, and that tells you the ability of a batter. He looks unflappable when he is batting. Great temperament.
Today it was a miss for Vaibhav,” Ashwin further said.