What was the team management’s strategy regarding Vaibhav’s debut? inside story came out
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Sitanshu Kotak on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Debut Planning: Kotak told reporters before the third T20, ‘He was ready for his debut ever since he was selected in the team. It is not that he was ready in the last match only. He said, ‘It was important for us that he played the way he has been playing till date. No specific instructions were given to him as to whether to do this or not to do this.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 14 runs on his debut
New Delhi. India’s batting coach Sitanshu Kotak said before the third T20 match between India and England that Vaibhav Suryavanshi was ready for his debut ever since he was selected in the Indian team and the team management was not adopting any special strategy to prepare this young batsman. At the age of 15 years and 99 days, Suryavanshi became the youngest Indian player to play international cricket, making his debut in the second T20 against England last week.
‘He was ready to debut’
Kotak told reporters before the third T20, ‘He was ready for his debut ever since he was selected in the team. It is not that he was ready in the last match only. He said, ‘It was important for us that he played the way he has been playing till date. No specific instructions were given to him as to whether to do this or not to do this.
Also spoke on Iyer’s captaincy
Kotak said that with the new captain Shreyas Iyer and without all-rounder like Hardik Pandya, the Indian team is in a period of change. He said, ‘Our effort is to perform better in all three departments – batting, bowling and fielding. From the last World Cup to the World Cup to be held in the next two years, how to reach the next level because every team is trying to improve its performance.
‘New captain, Hardik is not in the team…’
He said, ‘We had not lost any series in the last two years. We won the T20 World Cup, T20 Asia Cup, but after losing three matches, people started saying that we are losing. This is the nature of the game. Many times there is a period of change. There is a new captain, Hardik is not in the team and an attempt is being made to give a chance to three-four new players. Losing should not have happened, but it happens. Our team’s effort is to keep improving its performance.
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