LONDON, June 6 -- Nasser Hussain did not hedge. Speaking on the ICC Review alongside host Sanjana Ganesan, the former England captain delivered the kind of verdict that tends to settle debates inside dressing rooms before selectors even convene: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi must play for India, and the question of who gets left out is secondary.

"In the end, someone makes such a case, such a consistent case, and such an incredible case for being picked. In the end, you have to say, I don't care who we're leaving out, this lad has to play," Hussain said.

BCCI selectors, meeting in Mumbai on Saturday, appeared to agree. Sooryavanshi earned his maiden senior India call-up for the upcoming T20 series in Ireland and England - making him the youngest...