{"id":720467,"date":"2026-06-07T05:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720467\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:57:16","slug":"cricket-news-2026-15-year-old-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-named-in-indias-t20i-squad-selectors-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720467\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket news 2026: 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi named in India\u2019s T20I squad, selectors comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi<\/a> gave Indian selectors no choice but to name him in their upcoming T20I<\/a> squad, with his eye-catching form in the Indian Premier League<\/a> hard to overlook. <\/p>\n

The 15-year-old batting sensation has been turning heads in the IPL recently, going from being the youngest player bought in the competition\u2019s auction in 2024 to earning his first call up to represent India on the global stage in 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Vaibhav<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi of India looks on during the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2026.\u00a0ICC<\/p>\n

Sooryavanshi, a left-hander, is the youngest person to ever earn an Indian call-up, named part of the squad that will tour Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games. <\/p>\n

If he is to play against Ireland on on June 27 (AEST), he will overtake Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> as the youngest player to debut for India, having made his first appearance at the age of 16 against Pakistan in 1989. <\/p>\n

Sooryavanshi was named the most valuable player in the IPL this season after he cemented himself as the highest run-scorer with 776 in 16 innings. <\/p>\n

Indian chief selector Ajit Agarkar admitted that Sooryavanshi\u2019s told selectors all they needed to make sure he would be the right man to be named in the team. <\/p>\n

\"Rajasthan<\/p>\n

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi watches the ball.\u00a0AP<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has forced us to pick him with how well he\u2019s played,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a young kid … I don\u2019t need to talk about how well he is playing. And it\u2019s not just this season, he had a great start [to his IPL career] last season. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo back it up for a young kid in a competition that\u2019s as competitive and has a high-pressure environment, and how explosive he can be and a game-changer that he can be. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know his age; how young he is and (it is) early in his career. But \u2026 we can see the kind of talent he has, and we are hopeful, if he gets the opportunity to play for the country, he will show the same ability.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying for the country will mean tougher challenges, but he has shown tremendous temperament.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike everyone else that has watched T20 cricket in India, we have got high hopes for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sooryavanshi has been backed to achieve big things over the coming months, with Kerry O\u2019Keeffe admitting that India should \u201croll the dice\u201d and name the teenager to face Australia in next summer\u2019s five-Test series. <\/a><\/p>\n

\"Vaibhav<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi seen warming up.\u00a0AP Photo\/Ashwini Bhatia<\/p>\n

In the IPL, he has proven he has what it takes to stun the talent he would see in that Test series, having smashed a six off a Pat Cummins ball at one stage. <\/p>\n

He also hit a first ball six off Indian star Jasprit Bumrah in a match in April. <\/p>\n

Shreyas Iyer has been named as captain of the squad for the upcoming matches, replacing Suryakumar Yadav, who was dropped from the squad. <\/p>\n

India\u2019s T20I team (Ireland and England tour)<\/p>\n

Shreyas Iyer (c), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammad Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s T20I squad (Asian Games)<\/p>\n

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gave Indian selectors no choice but to name him in their upcoming T20I squad, with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-720467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}