Sooryavanshi in line for T20 call as India fast-track 15-year-old to top

Following his tally topping show astatine the IPL, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is being lined up arsenic India’s youngest player.

The 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is apt to beryllium named successful India’s T20 squad, portion skipper Suryakumar Yadav could get the axe erstwhile selectors conscionable connected Saturday.

Sooryavanshi had a stellar Indian Premier League (IPL) for Rajasthan Royals, finishing apical of the batting charts with 776 runs, including a 100 and 5 half-centuries.

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It is understood that the left-handed opener is successful enactment to beryllium picked for 2 T20 matches successful Ireland, followed by 5 games successful England.

He would beryllium the youngest debutant for India successful history.

Batting large Sachin Tendulkar played his archetypal Test for India astatine 16 years and 205 days successful 1989.

Sooryavanshi has besides been included successful a 30-member of probables for the Asian Games successful September-October successful Japan, Indian media says.

He was named astir invaluable subordinate successful the IPL, contempt his squad narrowly failing to scope the final.

He besides scooped the Orange Cap for starring the batting charts, and was named emerging subordinate of the season, among different prizes.

The India T20 squad is expecting a enactment change, with Suryakumar apt to beryllium removed from the captaincy astir 3 months aft helium led the state to World Cup glory astatine home.

Suryakumar has struggled with the bat, scoring conscionable 242 runs successful 9 World Cup innings, with his unbeaten 84 against the United States the lone important knock.

Playing for Mumbai Indians successful the IPL, the 35-year-old managed lone 270 runs successful 13 innings astatine an mean of 20.76. His squad ended ninth successful the 10-team table.

Indian media person predicted Suryakumar volition suffer his spot successful the T20 squad, with insiders calling it a “tough call”.

Suryakumar is apt to beryllium replaced by Shreyas Iyer, who past played a T20 for India successful December 2023 but has been an IPL-winning captain.

He led Kolkata Knight Riders to the rubric successful 2024 and past captained Punjab Kings to a runners-up decorativeness successful 2025 and into the playoffs this year.

Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma are besides successful contention for the captaincy, with selectors acceptable to sanction the squad implicit the play successful Mumbai.