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There has been considerable debate over who Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could potentially replace as India's new opening batter, with Sanju Samson often finding himself at the centre of those discussions. source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/exclusive-gautam-gambhir-and-co-cautioned-against-replacing-sanju-samson-with-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-12068370#publisher=newsstand

England returned to the summit of the T20 world rankings, surpassing India, with another thumping of Sri Lanka to complete a 3-0 series whitewash in Manchester on Saturday. source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/india-lose-no-1-t20i-ranking-despite-3-0-sweep-of-afghanistan-new-leader-revealed-12069988#publisher=newsstand

With Afghanistan playing its home series against India in Delhi, the occasion was also a great reflection of the strong bond between the two countries and the power of sport to bring people closer. source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/ddca-president-rohan-jaitley-praises-successful-india-afghanistan-the-friendship-cup-in-delhi-12066052#publisher=newsstand

Fresh from their record-extending Asia Cup triumph, defending champions India will begin their Asian Games title defence as overwhelming favourites against hosts Japan in the women's quarterfinals in Nagoya on Friday. source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/overwhelming-favourites-india-begin-asian-games-title-defence-against-japan-12058522#publisher=newsstand

Sunil Gavaskar also picked Venkatesh Iyer and Suryansh Shedge as two promising all-rounders whom India can bank on in the future source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sunil-gavaskar-sounds-alarm-bell-for-bcci-indian-team-over-two-players-dont-rush-them-in-12056640#publisher=newsstand

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) hosted 'Koh-e-Zafar' (Mountain of Triumph), a special event on Wednesday, bringing together officials from the ACB and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/shreyas-iyer-mohammad-nabi-highlight-strong-india-vs-afghanistan-cricketing-bond-at-koh-e-zafar-12056403#publisher=newsstand

The Indian skipper said his side would look to try different combinations in the final T20I, which means players like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could get a go. source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-confirmed-to-play-3rd-t20i-vs-afghanistan-shreyas-iyer-drops-massive-hint-get-some-practice-12051462#publisher=newsstand