India, June 26 -- While the majority of the world might be shocked not to see Vaibhav Sooryavanshi make his debut in the first T20I between India and Ireland, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar backed the team management's call to have the 15-year-old on the bench for the series opener in Belfast. Manjrekar lauded the team management, led by head coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Shreyas Iyer, for sticking with the duo of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson, given how they helped the Men in Blue win the T20 World Cup 2026 earlier this year.

When the toss took place for the first T20I, Iyer said that Sooryavanshi needed to wait for his chance, as the management wanted to stick with the experienced players who had got the job done time and t...