'He was a fish out of water': Sooryavanshi's No. 3 role questioned after 2nd T20I
Former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has criticized the decision to play teenager Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at No. 3 in India's T20I match against New Zealand. Ashwin suggested the youngster was uncomfortable in the role and recommended that the team management adjust the batting order to better support him.
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Ravichandran Ashwin believes Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was uncomfortable batting at No. 3 in India’s second T20I against New Zealand and feels the team management should reconsider his position. 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. Speaking after the match in Christchurch, Ashwin described the youngster as a “miss” but stressed that it was too early to judge him negatively."That is a miss. For a young cricketer like Vaibhav, 'miss' is too early I think to say, but because I have only two options of a hit or a miss, he just found himself a little like a fish out of water.
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