‘What mistake did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi do?’: World Cup-winner blasts Shreyas Iyer, Gautam Gambhir | Cricket News
NEW DELHI: Former Indian captain Kris Srikanth strongly criticized the Indian team management for the way 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was handled during the T20I tours of Ireland and England.Sooryavanshi did not get a game in the Ireland series and was subsequently drafted into the playing XI against England afterwards. Sanju Samson struggling for runs. However, after playing three matches, the teenager was dropped again for the fifth and final T20I. India lost the five-match series 0-4. Srikkanth says he is not happy with the captain Shreyas IyerThe explanation for the change in the throw was before the final T20I.Later, Iyer defended the decision by saying: “I feel it’s time we try to figure out what’s best for us as a team. So based on that, we decided on this. “What was said did not go well with Srikkanth.“I was very upset with the interview after the throw,” Srikkanth said on his YouTube channel.He questioned the team’s approach to young players and said the same standards should apply to everyone in the setup.“This is not the way to talk. How you treat your players, how you form a young team is important. If this is the way forward, the way forward is to change everything (the leadership group). He said we want to do the best way forward. If you are ready to drop players based on their performance, the same criteria should be applied to Gautam Gambhirthe same standard should apply to the captain as well. You say the players are not performing, what have you done?”Sooryavanshi was brought into the side after Sanju Samson, the Player of the Tournament in this year’s T20 World Cup, failed to score in three consecutive innings. The teenager managed 14 points in Manchester, 13 in Nottingham and 15 in Bristol, before being dropped in the last game.Srikkanth questioned what the young man had done wrong.“What wrong did Vaibhav Sooryavanshi do? Is this how you groom young players?”The former India opener compared the situation to his own experience as a captain when he managed a 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar his international debut during the 1989 tour of Pakistan.He said supporting a young player is important for building confidence.“Shreyas Iyer said in the toss ‘we want to come back in the best way possible’. Is this your best way forward? What is this interview? If you think Sanju Samson is the best fit, then you should go ahead with him. Why bring in Vaibhav and then drop him? Why spoil his future? You all are undermining his confidence. When Sachin Tendulkar told him, ‘I debuted on the 16’ tour. You play without fear’.“Srikkanth said the current management should show the same faith in Sooryavanshi instead of dropping him after just three matches.“Should Gambhir and Shreyas not give Sooryavanshi that kind of trust? It is not fair. I am very angry with the way they have treated Vaibhav Sooryavanshi,” he said.
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