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Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted at number 3 (Photo: PTI)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not open in the second multi-day match being played against Australia Under-19. Till now he was opening the match with team captain Ayush Mhatre. But, the scene looked different in the first innings of the second multi-day match on the Australia tour. Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not accompany Ayush Mhatre, but Vihaan Malhotra took the responsibility of opening in his place. Now the question is why Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not open? Why was he removed from the opening? What is the reason behind this decision of the team management?

Vaibhav Suryavanshi did not open

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in India's Under-19 team last year. From his debut till now, be it multi-day match or 50 over match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been seen opening in every match. In such a situation, this is the first time in his short career that he has not opened the innings. However, the concrete reason behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi not opening has not been known yet.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted at number three

India's Under-19 team management decided to reshuffle Vaibhav Suryavanshi's batting and field him at number three in the second multi-day match. Vaibhav Suryavanshi came out to bat after the opening pair of Ayush Mhatre and Vihaan Malhotra collapsed for 17 runs in the first innings. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, coming at number three, scored 20 runs in 14 balls, which included 1 six and 2 fours.

What is achieved by changing the batting order?

Meaning, the Indian Under-19 team management may have taken a conscious decision to remove Vaibhav from the opening, but still their move did not seem to be successful. Due to this, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who came at number 3, was dismissed cheaply, the new opening pair of Ayush and Vihaan who came before him, was also not able to add much runs to the score board. And, in this way, India did not get the start that it should have got from the top order in the first innings.