JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha criticised Anil Kumble over the headline of his TOI interview that read "Don't rush Sooryavanshi's India debut". Jha cited Sachin Tendulkar and Lionel Messi to argue against delaying the 15-year-old's debut. Kumble responded, "Read the article, Not the headline." Vaibhav could debut "this year, next year, or a couple of years later", Kumble had mentioned.