Sooryavanshi, 15, gets first India call-up

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi holds the record for the most sixes in a single IPL season after he struck 72 in the 2026 campaign

>Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has received his first international call-up by making the India T20 squad to tour England and Ireland.

>If he plays, the 15-year-old would break Sachin Tendulkar's record as the youngest man to play for India. Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he played a one-day international against Pakistan in 1989.

>The call-up comes on the back of Sooryavanshi 's stunning Indian Premier League campaign, where he scored 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.30 for the Rajasthan Royals.

>The left-hander was named the IPL's Most Valuable Player and also picked up the emerging player award and the Orange Cap, given to the highest run-scorer.

>He also scored 175 in February as India beat England in the final of the Under-19 World Cup.

>"We've seen what he can do, almost single-handedly carrying Rajasthan Royals towards the play-offs," said selection panel chairman Ajit Agarkar.

>"He had a great start and backed it up in a competition that is as competitive and high-pressure. He's a game-changer. We've got high hopes of him. He has picked himself."

>India play two matches in Ireland later this month, then five T20s in England in July.

>Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer has been named as the new captain, replacing Suryakumar Yadav, who has been dropped from the squad.

>Suryakumar led India to victory at the T20 World Cup in March but the 35-year-old struggled with the bat at the tournament and at the recent IPL.

>"It's a tough one, having just won the World Cup, but as happens after most World Cups, you try to reassess what your best way forward is," Agarkar said explaining Yadav's omission.

>Shreyas has not played a T20 international since 2023 but he led the Kolkata Knight Riders to the IPL title in 2024 and captained Punjab Kings to a runners-up finish in 2025.

>Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and all-rounder Hardik Pandya have been rested, with uncapped fast bowler Prince Yadav called up.

>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