Fans turn on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi [Source: AFP, screengrab]Vaibhav Sooryavanshi suffered yet another failure against England, this time in the third T20I of their five-match series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Chasing 202 runs to win, the young Indian opener started off his innings with a couple of huge sixes before nicking one behind towards wicketkeeper Jos Buttler off Jofra Archer.Sooryavanshi, who made his international debut just a couple of days ago earlier in the series, has now registered just 27 runs from his first two innings combined in ‘Men in Blue’ colors. As one can expect, his failure attracted much outrage among Indian cricket fans, with several of them demanding the return of Sanju Samson. Fans turn on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after flop beginningsVaibhav Sooryavanshi was included in Team India squad for the T20I tours of Ireland and England. After failing to find a place in the Indian playing XI in Ireland and in the opening no-result against England, the 15-year-old was named in the team in place of Sanju Samson for the second and third T20Is of the series. While Sooryavanshi started off his career with a 14-run knock from 10 balls in Manchester, the youngster managed just 13 off five balls in his next innings during India’s chase of 202 in Nottingham.Also Read- Sachin Tendulkar’s Teammate, Virat Kohli’s Coach Names The Vaibhav Sooryavanshi EquivalentWith just 27 runs in his first two innings for India, the Rajasthan Royals opener is yet to translate his IPL success to international cricket, prompting many online fans to urge the team management to bring back ousted Samson. Some fans even threatened to ‘switch off’ their TV sets, thus hinting towards dissociating themselves from the game. Here is a look at some of the fans demanding the return of Sanju Samson after Sooryavanshi’s twin failures in England.Vivek @Hailkohli18 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi so far : 14(10) 13(5) Jul 8, 2026, 12:11 AM Abhishek Kumar @Abhishek060722 Without IPL flat tracks, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is just another Vijay Shankar. Jul 8, 2026, 12:19 AM Athul M Nair @athulmnair1 They dropped Sanju Samson and gave Vaibhav a chance. First match: 14 Second match: 13 Funny how "performance auditing" after every single match only seems to apply to Sanju Samson. People seem to forget that he was one of India's World Cup heroes. Jul 8, 2026, 12:19 AM 𝐈𝟑𝟐𝟎𝟎 @IFootcric68275 @CricCrazyJohns Justice for sanju samson 💔😭 Vaibhav suryavanshi is just a slogger Jul 8, 2026, 12:18 AM Honest Cricket Lover @Honest_Cric_fan Dear Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blind slogging doesn't work in international Cricket It's time to retirement bro Jul 8, 2026, 12:10 AM Gillfied⁷ @Gill_Iss Any flop version of Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav was way better than Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma.! Jul 8, 2026, 12:25 AM Sanju Samson still in contention despite England, Zimbabwe snubEven though Sanju Samson has been gradually replaced by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in England, and has been excluded altogether from India’s upcoming tour of Zimbabwe, the T20 World Cup winning cricketer is still in contention to play T20I cricket for the national side.For starters, several reports stated that Samson was ‘rested’ from the Zimbabwe tour for the management to try out fresh talents. Moreover, the blistering wicketkeeper-batter is already named in India squad for this year’s 2026 Asian Games in Japan.India falter in big chase vs EnglandChasing 202 runs to win in a bid to level the five-match T20I series, India lost both openers, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma inside the first three overs. Ishan Kishan and captain Shreyas Iyer also failed to lead India’s recovery as the visitors soon slipped to 41-4. India’s troubles took a turn for the worse with the loss of Tilak Varma and Axar Patel to crash to 60-6 in 7.1 overs.Earlier in the match, England mounted 201-7 in 20 overs courtesy of an attacking 44-ball 70 from Phil Salt. Also Read- Watch - Prince Yadav Turns Jasprit Bumrah With Inch-Perfect Yorker To Jos Buttler
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