NEW DELHI: The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) is taking a long-term view of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s astonishing rise, with secretary Devajit Saikia revealing that the board is carefully monitoring the 15-year-old and needs to make sure his early success interprets into an extended and distinguished worldwide profession.Sooryavanshi’s fast emergence was among the many issues mentioned at Thursday’s high-level BCCI assessment assembly in Mumbai, which was attended by Saikia, India Check and ODI captain Shubman Gill, T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, head coach Gautam Gambhir, Centre of Excellence (CoE) head VVS Laxman and different senior officers.{The teenager} has already gone from being an IPL sensation to turning into India’s youngest males’s worldwide debutant, and the BCCI is now decided to make sure that his growth is dealt with fastidiously relatively than permitting the burden of expectation to derail his progress.“We would like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi or any participant of his stature to proceed and serve like Sachin Tendulkar did for the nation or different gamers who previously turned legends,” Saikia stated.“So we take a look at Vaibhav in a really critical method. He is monitored from each angle and each step he takes ahead in his worldwide profession. The BCCI is taking a really shut take a look at his future.”
‘We don’t need a one-series or one-year marvel’
Saikia made it clear that the BCCI’s goal isn’t merely to maximise Sooryavanshi’s rapid impression however to construct a profession that may final for years.“You see, the BCCI will be proud that we’re selling a participant of the age of 15 years who’s already making his mark within the worldwide situation and we’re very cautious that each proper step he ought to take ahead in order that it shouldn’t be a one collection or one 12 months marvel,” he stated.The comparability with Tendulkar was significantly vital. Like Sooryavanshi, Tendulkar was thrust into the worldwide highlight as a teen earlier than occurring to take pleasure in one of many longest and most profitable careers within the historical past of the sport.The BCCI secretary harassed that Sooryavanshi’s progress can be carefully tracked at each stage.“We would like Vaibhav’s relevance, or any participant of his stature, to proceed and function Sachin Tendulkar did for the nation or different gamers who previously turned legends,” Saikia stated.{The teenager}’s fast rise has given the board loads of cause for optimism. He was India’s youngest-ever males’s worldwide debutant after incomes his maiden call-up following a sensational IPL 2026 marketing campaign with Rajasthan Royals.Sooryavanshi scored 776 runs in 16 matches at a strike charge of 237.30, together with a century and 5 fifties, whereas his 72 sixes set an IPL document for a single season. He subsequently gained a number of awards, together with the Orange Cap, Most Precious Participant, Rising Participant, Tremendous Striker and Tremendous Sixes honours.He additionally made a direct impression for India in opposition to Zimbabwe, scoring 151 runs in three matches as India accomplished a 3-0 sweep and claimed his maiden Participant of the Sequence award.His growth has continued in home cricket. At 15 years and 157 days, he lately turned the youngest batter to attain a half-century in Duleep Trophy historical past, breaking a document that had stood for 57 years.
Sooryavanshi a part of larger BCCI expertise pool
Importantly, the BCCI’s focus isn’t restricted to Sooryavanshi. Saikia revealed that the board has recognized a bigger group of rising gamers who’re being monitored via the CoE.“That our selectors are wanting, we’ve got an enormous variety of upcoming gamers who’re doing good. Should you take a look at our U19 Indian group, they’re turning into champions lately additionally. Equally, in girls’s cricket additionally, we’re world champions for the final two worldwide U19 T20 World Cups,” he stated.“So we’re taking a look at all of the gamers, not solely Vaibhav’s relevance, however there are about 10-15 gamers who’re in our focused group. These are named in our focused group listing, and they’re consistently monitored by our COE head, VVS Laxman, who’s taking eager curiosity of their future and their coaching and ability growth.”Laxman’s direct involvement offers Sooryavanshi and the opposite kids entry to the BCCI’s central growth construction as they make the troublesome transition from age-group cricket to senior worldwide cricket.The strategy additionally displays the board’s want to keep away from dashing proficient kids merely due to their early success.
