India, Oct. 5 -- India bowling coach Morne Morkel refused to give a clear answer when asked whether Vaibhav Sooryavanshi would start in the playing XI for the first T20I against the West Indies on Tuesday. The 15-year-old who recently didn't get a single game in the three-match series against Afghanistan, made a comeback into the playing XI for the Asian Games, representing the Men in Blue in the semi-final and the final. The VVS Laxman-headed management went in with a longer batting lineup due to the spin-friendly conditions, and hence Vaibhav opened the batting alongside Abhishek Sharma, with Sanju Samson walking out at No.3.

However, the pitches in India are set to be batting-friendly, and hence Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer might o...