Former batsman Aakash Chopra has asked the selectors to be patient with Vaibhav Suryavanshi and not include him in the national team right now. Suryavanshi continues to make headlines Sensational inning of 97 runs on 29 balls in the eliminator Against SRH at Mullanpur on Wednesday, May 28.

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This means that Suryavanshi has scored 680 runs this season at an average of 45.33 and a strike-rate of 242.86. His knock on Wednesday forced people to talk like this Sachin Tendulkar and others shouting. Michael Vaughan was one of them, and he said India needed to pick him.

However, Chopra said that everyone needs to proceed with caution. The former batsman said that although his performances need attention, Suryavanshi should not come into the Indian team at the expense of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson, who have done well to cement their places.

“We are still 2 years away from the next World Cup. There will still be time. Yes, it’s exciting. It’s something you can’t possibly ignore because IPL This is India’s best T20 tournament. So if someone is just breaking records, breaking records, you have to take it seriously, and this kid is special. It doesn’t have any message. But then you don’t make changes just for the sake of making changes because someone else did it well,” Chopra said.

“It is very easy for someone to go out; you have to fail in that exam. If someone is already a topper, how can you change the topper because you think someone else will actually get higher grades? I mean, he is the topper.”

‘Suryavanshi is not Indian cricket, he is a part of it’

Samson and Abhishek also performed well in the IPL this season, scoring 477 runs and 563 runs respectively. Chopra said that if Suryavanshi is promoted early, a weak patch for him will mean there will be pressure on the selectors to pick the new player on the block.

“You are talking about Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson. You are not replacing them now because if you do that, I can give you in writing in two or three years, and Vaibhav Suryavanshi is going through a bad phase, you are going to follow the same principle.”

“The next kid in town, you would want to step him up to this level. So Ajit Agarkar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha will face a lot of scrutiny and pressure, but they need to do what is right for Indian cricket, and represent Indian cricket.

Chopra said, “He is not Indian cricket. I mean he is a part of Indian cricket and I think none of the selectors have hidden that fact and they will do the right thing, but it should not happen tomorrow. It may take time. He is 20 years ahead of him, so there is no hurry.”

Right after the IPL, Suryavanshi will be seen in India A colors as the team tours Sri Lanka for a tri-series.

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