India, Sept. 15 -- Sanju Samson opened up about the difficult selection call involving teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after India's seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the second T20I in Delhi. Samson admitted he had not performed in two-three games while Vaibhav was in form, but said clear communication with the team management helped him handle the situation.

Sanju Samson answered the pressure surrounding his place in India's T20I side in emphatic fashion, smashing 57 off just 22 balls as India chased down Afghanistan's 159/8 in only 14.5 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday.

The knock came after Samson scored only 10 runs in the first T20I. He had also been left out of India's recent Zimbabwe T20I series, where Vaibh...