India, Sept. 12 -- India's T20I captain Shreyas Iyer remained tight-lipped on who will play as the two opening batters in the first match of the three-game series against Afghanistan on Sunday. With Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi all available, it would be a real headache for both Shreyas and head coach Gautam Gambhir to narrow down on two. In the official pre-match press conference, Iyer admitted it would be a tough call and that the final decision would be made later.

Recently, Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old, was the Player of the Series in Zimbabwe. However, he only got to open in all three matches alongside Abhishek because Samson was rested for the tour. Earlier, the team management received a lot of flak for ...