India, Aug. 5 -- Former India batter Mohammad Kaif believes that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's introduction in international cricket could have been made easier by the team management, comprising head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shreyas Iyer. On the back of a phenomenal IPL 2026, the 15-year-old was named in India's squad for the series against Ireland and England. The world expected the youngster to play in Ireland, but that wasn't the case as management went in with Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma.

Three failures were all it took for Samson to be dropped, and Sooryavanshi finally got a debut in England. However, the left-hander failed in his first three outings and was then dropped for the fifth and final match against England. Sooryava...