3 min learnUp to date: Might 14, 2026 05:00 PM IST
IPL teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been included within the India A squad for his or her upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) stated in a press release on Thursday. The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi has been included within the white-ball squad who will face Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in a One-Day tri-series from June 9 to June 21. The group will likely be led by Tilak Varma.
India A are set to face Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A in two matches every through the round-robin stage which ends on June 19. The BCCI additionally stated that India A will play two long-form matches in opposition to Sri Lanka A after the tri-series and the squad for that sequence will likely be introduced on a later date. “The white-ball sequence will likely be performed in Dambulla, whereas the multi-day matches will happen in Galle,” stated the Board.
Riyan Parag is vice captain of the aspect whereas Prabhsimran Singh and Kumar Kushagra have been included as wicketkeeping choices.
Sooryavanshi first made headlines on the public sale earlier than the 2025 season, having been picked by Rajasthan Royals whereas being merely 13 years outdated. He then burst onto the scene by cracking 101 off 38 balls in opposition to Gujarat Titans (GT) that season. He was aged 14 on the time, thus changing into the youngest centurion in males’s T20 historical past, along with practically breaking Chris Gayle’s file for fastest-ever IPL century.
He then performed a number one function in India’s run to the U19 World Cup title with a record-breaking 175 in 80 balls within the ultimate in opposition to England. After that Sooryavanshi has merely picked up the place he left off final season within the IPL, scoring 440 runs so far in 11 innings at an astonishing strike fee of 236.55 and common of 40 with two half-centuries and a century.
Sooryavanshi is predicted to change into the youngest participant of all time to symbolize India in worldwide cricket. The Indian Categorical understands that the selectors would possibly give the 15-year-old the large break within the quick sequence simply earlier than a white-ball tour of England.
Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest male cricketer to symbolize India, when he made his Take a look at debut in opposition to Pakistan in Karachi in 1989 on the age of 16 years and 205 days. Total, Shafali Verma is the youngest cricketer to play for India on the age of 15 years, seven months and 27 days. If Sooryavanshi performs on the tour to Eire, he’ll break Shafali’s file. The 2 T20Is are scheduled for June 26 and 28.
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India A squad for the tri-series: Tilak Varma (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Riyan Parag (Vice-Captain), Ayush Badoni, Nishant Sindhu, Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Kumar Kushagra (WK), Vipraj Nigam, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Arshad Khan.
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