{"id":410348,"date":"2026-06-06T09:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=410348"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:23:22","slug":"indias-15-year-old-ipl-sensation-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-called-up-to-face-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/indias-15-year-old-ipl-sensation-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-called-up-to-face-england\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s 15-year-old IPL sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi called up to face England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Teenager handed place for T20s against Ireland and England<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set to be youngest India debutant since Sachin Tendulkar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has made a huge impact for Rajasthan Royals in the 2026 Indian Premier League, scoring 776 runs at a staggering strike-rate of 237.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Teenage phenomenon Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been handed his maiden India call-up for their upcoming T20 series against Ireland and England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An array of\u00a0outrageous knocks in the Indian Premier League\u00a0led to the 15-year-old opener collecting the most valuable player award after amassing 776 runs at a staggering strike-rate of 237.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His performances for Rajasthan Royals have seen him elevated into India\u2019s senior squad for the first time, having been instrumental in the under-19s winning the World Cup this year with an epic 175 against England in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sooryavanshi is in line for his international debut in Belfast, with India taking on Ireland in two T20s at Stormont\u00a0Cricket\u00a0Ground on 26 and 28 June. A reunion with Royals teammate Jofra Archer could then be on the cards as India take on England in a five-match series from 1-11 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If he plays on the tour, Sooryavanshi will become India\u2019s youngest debutant, eclipsing the great Sachin Tendulkar, who made his international bow aged 16 years and 205 days in a Test against Pakistan in 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India will be captained by Shreyas Iyer in both assignments, replacing Suryakumar Yadav, who has been dropped despite overseeing their triumphant T20 World Cup campaign on home soil earlier this year. Yadav made 242 runs in nine innings in the tournament at a strike rate of 136.72 although he had a modest\u00a0IPL, averaging 20.76 in 13 knocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jasprit Bumrah, India\u2019s talismanic fast bowler, has been rested, having struggled during the IPL, while the all-rounder Hardik Pandya also sits out the tour, with uncapped fast bowler Prince Yadav called up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has made a huge impact for Rajasthan Royals in the 2026 Indian Premier League, scoring 776 runs at a staggering strike-rate of 237.30. Teenage phenomenon Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been handed his maiden India call-up for their upcoming T20 series against Ireland and England. An array of\u00a0outrageous knocks in the Indian Premier League\u00a0led to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410349,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410348\/revisions\/410349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}