Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has acquired his first worldwide call-up by making the India T20 squad to tour England and Eire.
If he performs, the 15-year-old would break Sachin Tendulkar’s file because the youngest man to play for India. Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he performed a one-day worldwide in opposition to Pakistan in 1989.
The decision-up comes on the again of Sooryavanshi ‘s gorgeous Indian Premier League marketing campaign, the place he scored 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike fee of 237.30 for the Rajasthan Royals.
The left-hander was named the IPL’s Most Precious Participant and in addition picked up the rising participant award and the Orange Cap, given to the best run-scorer.
He additionally scored 175 in February as India beat England in the final of the Under-19 World Cup.
“We have seen what he can do, nearly single-handedly carrying Rajasthan Royals in direction of the play-offs,” mentioned choice panel chairman Ajit Agarkar.
“He had an incredible begin and backed it up in a contest that’s as aggressive and high-pressure. He is a game-changer. We have excessive hopes of him. He has picked himself.”
India play two matches in Eire later this month, then 5 T20s in England in July.
In the meantime, Shreyas Iyer has been named as the brand new captain, changing Suryakumar Yadav, who has been dropped from the squad.
Suryakumar led India to victory on the T20 World Cup in March however the 35-year-old struggled with the bat on the event and on the current IPL.
“It is a powerful one, having simply gained the World Cup, however as occurs after most World Cups, you attempt to reassess what your greatest manner ahead is,” Agarkar mentioned explaining Yadav’s omission.
“We thought this was the easiest way ahead.”
Shreyas has not performed a T20 worldwide since 2023 however he led the Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title in 2024 and captained Punjab Kings to a runners-up end in 2025.
Quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Hardik Pandya have been rested, with uncapped quick bowler Prince Yadav referred to as up.
Full squad
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Tilak Varma, Nitish Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
