Ex-India batter Mohammad Kaif opined that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi should've made his international debut in Ireland series. Calling Sooryavanshi "X-factor" player, Kaif added, "He was having rich vein of form behind him [after IPL]; he had won Orange Cap. But you told him [to] serve water first." Kaif noted Sooryavanshi wouldn't have felt nervous in England had he played in Ireland.