Vaibhav Suryavanshi won a gold medal at the Asian Games at the age of just 15. Even though it was a team medal, gold is gold. The Indian team is now back from the tournament, and their next match will be against the West Indies. The chances of him being included in the playing eleven for the first match of the West Indies T20 series against India are very low. He also played two matches in the Asian Games, but failed to score many runs.
The five-match T20 international series between India and West Indies is scheduled to begin on October 6. The first match of the series will be played in Lucknow. BCCI has announced Team India for this series. Now, when the first T20 match is played between India and West Indies, it is expected that Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson will open the innings. Then Ishan Kishan and captain Shreyas Iyer will play. Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akshar Patel are also almost certain to play. After this, it will be the turn of the bowlers. This means that there is no space for them anywhere. However, Vaibhav is the opener and fits in well. In two matches at the Asian Games, Vaibhav opened the innings with Abhishek. Sanju Samson came third. Neither Vaibhav nor Sanju could score any runs during this period. In such a situation, Sanju is likely to be given the opening role again.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi got an opportunity to play two matches in the Asian Games. But again he failed to impress. In the semi-final against Sri Lanka, he played a short but brisk innings of 38 runs. Then, when it came to the final against Pakistan, Vaibhav was dismissed for just 15 runs. Vaibhav hit a lot of fours and sixes, but couldn’t get his innings going. As a result, his participation in the next series seems impossible.