Team India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate said on Sunday that 15-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have to “go through the same process as everyone else and bide his time and wait” for a debut. However, Sooryavanshi was fast-tracked into the national T20I side after a stunning IPL 2026 season, where he finished with the Player-of-the-Tournament award for his 776 runs in 16 innings, scored at 237.30 as well.

“He’s absolutely ready to play international cricket, there’s no doubt about that,” ten Doeschate said. “But also, I think it’s not a question to say you can leave Sanju Samson out. A guy who went a long way to winning India the World Cup three months ago. A guy who’s had a fairly good IPL [Samson scored two hundreds for Chennai Super Kings].”

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“It’s important in terms of giving players confidence, and the message we’re sending to players. We want to give guys a long run in the team. So, you know, as ready as Vaibhav is and as excited as we are and you are to see him play, he’s going to have to go through the same process as everyone else and, you know, bide his time and wait. But certainly no questions about how good he is and how ready he is,” he again added.

However, as of now, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is only part of India’s T20I side and not the ODIs. He has been named for the five-match series in England, which begins on Wednesday, and then the Asian Games.