Ajinkya Rahane hails Team India’s move to send Vaibhav Sooryavanshi back as opener ...Middle East

Ajinkya Rahane, in his YouTube video, stated that it was great to see the team management placing the 15-year-old in the positions where he prefers to play. With Vaibhav Sooryavanshi top in the batting order, Team India defeated New Zealand in the third match by a six-wicket win with 40 balls to spare.

As Sooryavanshi and Abhishek were the two openers, Sanju Samson was pushed to the No.3 batting position in the absence of Ishan Kishan. Ishan Kishan missed the second and third matches of the series. In the second match, Sooryavanshi played as No.3 batter.

Ajinkya Rahane explains why slotting Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an opener was sensible

"Sanju was sent in at No. 3, while Vaibhav was promoted to open the innings, which I think was a sensible call by the team management. He is 15 years old and had never batted at No. 3 before the second T20I. He is in good form and is the kind of player who likes to go out early, attack and dominate," Ajinkya Rahane opined on his official YouTube channel.

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Anjinkya Rahane enjoys Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's batting

The former top-order batter further expressed that he enjoyed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi playing for the national cricket team as the young batter demonstrated his aggression, intent and confidence through his batting.

"It was really good to watch him bat, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The best thing was the intent he showed on the very first ball, hitting it over mid-on. It demonstrated how confident he is and how much he trusts his own ability. That is a very big thing.”

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