Batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes delaying Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's senior India debut will only increase the pressure on the teenage opener, who was once again left out of the playing XI for the opening T20I against England on Wednesday.

India left Vaibhav Sooryavanshi out of the XI for the first T20I against England in Belfast. The call showed the team management's resolve to back its World Cup-winning core despite growing clamour for the 15-year-old's debut.