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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi tin person his parents question with him connected India’s overseas tours, the BCCI told AFP connected Sunday (June 17, 2026), a time aft the 15-year-old batting sensation earned his archetypal elder planetary call-up.
Sooryavanshi was named successful India’s T20 squad for the tours to Ireland and England, and the Asian Games, aft sweeping the batting honours successful this year’s Indian Premier League.
The left-handed opener is presently successful Sri Lanka with the India A squad for a tri-nation series.
“His begetter volition beryllium flying down to Sri Lanka today,” said Devajit Saikia, caput of the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI).
“Also, if his parents privation to spell to England and Ireland with him, past we volition marque arrangements for their travel. They would beryllium his champion enactment system.”
India, the T20 satellite champions, are scheduled to play Ireland connected June 26 and 28 successful Belfast earlier a five-match England bid opening July 1.
The Asian Games volition beryllium held successful Japan successful September and October.
Sooryavanshi’s enactment follows a stunning IPL run for Rajasthan Royals, wherever helium amassed 776 runs to decorativeness arsenic the tournament’s starring tally scorer.
He struck 1 period and 5 half-centuries during the season.
He picked the Orange Cap for the starring run-getter, the IPL astir invaluable subordinate and emerging subordinate prizes.
He is enactment to go India’s youngest player, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, the batting large who made his Test debut aged 16 years and 205 days successful 1989.
“With his performances, helium has astir forced america to prime him,” main selector Ajit Agarkar said.
“Like everyone other that has watched T20 cricket successful India, we person got precocious hopes of him. I deliberation helium conscionable has picked himself.”
