India’s T20 team is expected to include 15-year-old batting star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, when selectors convene on Saturday, according to reports.
For the Rajasthan Royals, Sooryavanshi had an outstanding IPL season. With 776 runs, including 15 half-centuries, he topped the batting charts.
The left-handed opener is expected to be selected for five games in England after two Twenty20 matches in Ireland. He would be India’s youngest-ever debutant.
“The manner in which 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed bowling attacks in his first full IPL season, and the way in which he responded to match situations, have convinced the selectors that he needs to be given the opportunity to play T20Is,” a report in ESPNcricinfo said.
In 1989, at the age of 16 years and 205 days, the legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar played his first Test match for India.
According to media reports, Sooryavanshi has also been added to a group of 30 probables for the Asian Games in Japan in September and October. Despite his team not making it to the final, he was adjudged IPL’s most valuable player.
Among other honors, he was named rising player of the season and received the Orange Cap for topping the batting charts.
