Vaibhav Suryavanshi Waits for Opportunity as India Sticks with Samson and Abhishek

Vaibhav Suryavanshi impressed in the Zimbabwe series, earning Player of the Series honors. Many expected him to open alongside Abhishek in the Afghanistan fixtures, but the management chose to retain the proven duo of Samson and Abhishek. The pair contributed 346 runs, with Abhishek scoring a century and a half‑century across three innings, and Samson adding two half‑centuries. Their opening stand of 142 runs in the third T20 was decisive.