India, Oct. 21 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi seldom allows the opposition time to plan during a game when he is on song. He has already given us plenty of examples of his ability to switch into fifth gear from the first ball of his innings. This has prompted the New Zealand camp to prepare for him, even though the youngster faces stiff competition for a place in the playing XI.

"So, we've got some plans for him if that happens, if he happens to play," Mitchell Santner, the white-ball captain of the Black Caps, said during the press conference ahead of the first match. The five-match T20I series opener will be played in Christchurch on Thursday, October 22.

India have been grappling with a selection dilemma regarding Sooryavanshi who has impre...