India, Oct. 31 -- Even though the Indian team management is steadfast in their backing of the established line, the Auckland shellacking might have triggered the thoughts of making some tactical rejigging to the playing eleven in the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand here on Sunday.

India have an unassailable 3-1 lead, but the world champions would certainly not want to sign off with a defeat after dominating the early rounds of the five-match series. In that context, the think tank will ponder whether to bring back Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and the obvious casualty will be Sanju Samson. Samson seemed to have strong support of the dressing room at the moment, but the opener has not set this series ablaze while producing scores of 67, 1...