Morkel speaks about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of series-opening match

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Team India is set to lock horns with the West Indies in the five-match T20I series. The first match is scheduled to be played on October 7 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow.

Ahead of the match, Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel said that the playing XI is picked by the coach, captain, and the selectors. He also feels that head coach Gautam Gambhir will rotate the players in the T20I series.

“I’m pretty sure, you know, Gautam will look to rotate. I mean, as I said, that is up to the selectors and the coach and the captain in terms of the playing XI, or which playing XI will be the best to win a game for India in our next World Cup. And that has always been the main focus,” he told the reporters in the pre-match press conference.

The bowling coach then spoke about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi by saying that the more time he spends in Team India’s dressing room, the better it will be for his game.

“We all know the talent of Vaibhav. I think the more time he spends in this environment with the quality players, the more time he trains at this standard, will only be great for his cricket. And if he’s not getting that game time, he’s still on a bus, in the dugout, in the hotel with guys with a lot of experience. And I think with him sharing that sort of dressing room and talking through guys, just actually watching how the guys go through their processes and how they set up innings will be key for him,” said Morkel.

IND vs WI 1st T20I: Full squads

India: Sanju Samson (WK), Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav, Naman Dhir, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

West Indies: Akeal Hosein, Roston Chase, Shai Hope (C) (WK), Gudakesh Motie, Shimron Hetmyer, Amir Jangoo (WK), Keemo Paul, Shamar Springer, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford, Matthew Forde, Kamil Pooran, Quentin Sampson, Jewel Andrew (WK), Shamar Joseph.

(With ANI Inputs)

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