Teenage star receives first India shirt from BCCI and is tipped to make his debut in a T20 match in Eire on Friday.
Printed On 23 Jun 2026
Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has donned his first official India jersey and says he has lengthy dreamed of the second.
Sooryavanshi was named in India’s T20 squad for the excursions to Eire and England in addition to the Asian Video games after sweeping the batting honours on this yr’s Indian Premier League (IPL). Sooryavanshi may make his senior debut for India in Friday’s first T20 match in opposition to Eire in Belfast.
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The Board of Management for Cricket in India launched a video of the second on Tuesday when the blue jersey was delivered to Sooryavanshi, calling it “the second the nation has been ready for”.
“Ever since I first held a bat and walked onto a cricket area to practise, I dreamed of this second. … I can’t clarify this sense in phrases,” Sooryavanshi stated within the BCCI video.
He was proven unpacking the shirt together with his title on the again above the quantity 03.
Sooryavanshi is in line to turn into India’s youngest worldwide participant, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, the batting nice who made his Check debut aged 16 years and 205 days in 1989.
The highlight has been on Sooryavanshi since his batting exploits within the IPL, the place he amassed 776 runs for the Rajasthan Royals to complete because the event’s main run scorer.
He struck one century and 5 half-centuries throughout the season to select up the Orange Cap for the main run getter.
