India, June 25 -- No matter how talented one is, one now and then needs a bit of the rub of the green. Suryansh Shedge wouldn't have thought in his wildest imagination that he would be part of the senior squad within days of winning the 50-overs tri-series in Sri Lanka with India A under Tilak Varma.

If not for Nitish Kumar Reddy's injury, Shedge wouldn't have had this chance to represent India in the upcoming seven T20I games in Ireland and England. The last few months have been absolutely brilliant for the 23-year-old. In Punjab Kings colours, he finally showed some of the promise he has long carried. He got a fifty batting at No.6 and in one of the matches took on now India spinner Manav Suthar, and hit him for three sixes and two fou...