Despite producing one of the greatest Indian Premier League (IPL) individual campaigns of all-time and having the world at his feet, 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has struggled to break into India’s T20I playing XI. the Gautam Gambhir and Shreyas Iyer -led management has largely gone with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson at the top – the duo that won India the T20 World Cup 2026 While he has had a few opportunities.
Former India cricketer Murali Kartik admitted that Sooryavanshi has faced the “harsh truth” of international cricket.
Because you take it on your chin, “Even if you have to give them the harsh truth, it’s better to give it to them,. You might not like it; it’s not palatable for a while, but it is what it is. You have to deal with it and move on,” said Kartik on Sooryavanshi’s situation, in an interaction with India Today.
However, the wicket-keeper batter, who was the Player of the Tournament in the T20 World Cup, has silenced critics with four half-centuries in his last 10 games. Sooryavanshi’s opportunities have been few and far between, but they have come largely in place of Samson, who tends to suffer inconsistent patches of form.
