Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set to break more records as India take on Afghanistan in a three-match T20I series, starting September 13. The 15-year-old is in line to play for India in the series, after winning the ‘Player of the Series’ award in his last international series against Zimbabwe. He will break Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb ur Rahman’s record from 2018.
If he does play against Afghanistan, Sooryavanshi will become the youngest player from an ICC full-member nation to play international cricket in India.
15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set to break a huge record if he plays for India in the T20I series against Afghanistan.
Kishan, who slammed a combined 350 runs across two innings in the Duleep Trophy 2026 final just a few days ago, could miss out due to an injury.
On his preferred team combination, Iyer said he wanted players to have clarity about their roles while ensuring they feel needed by the team. “Every individual, rather than knowing the role, it is important that they should have the awareness that the team requires them,” he said. Interestingly, Mujeeb and Afghanistan captain Ibrahim Zadran are both among the youngest players to play international cricket in India, and both could be playing against Sooryavanshi in the series. India T20I captain Shreyas Iyer provided an update on the situation, ahead of the match. “I feel that he’s comfortable at the moment. I interacted with him after the practice session. It was just a small niggle, and he’s been playing continuous cricket. We all know the knock he played, so definitely a bit fatigued.
But today he got that rest, and I’m sure that he will be fine for tomorrow,” Iyer said.
