{
  "id": 17211000,
  "title": "'Absolutely ridiculous selection decision': Gautam Gambhir slammed for benching Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in India's dead rubber 4th T20I vs NZ",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/absolutely-ridiculous-selection-decision-gautam-gambhir-slammed-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T10:19:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/absolutely-ridiculous-selection-decision-gautam-101924363.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Absolutely ridiculous selection decision has been made by India's team management as they bench Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, despite him scoring 45 off 19 balls in the previous T20I. The decision has sparked intense criticism from fans on social media, questioning the logic of leaving the young player out of the fourth T20I against New Zealand, which was a dead rubber after India had already won the series.",
  "summary": "Gautam Gambhir faces major backlash after benching 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the 4th T20I at Eden Park.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}