Ajit Agarkar shall be in Chennai from September 6-10. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is probably not there.
Come Sunday, Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium will host the 2026 Duleep Trophy ultimate between South Zone and East Zone. Sooryavanshi is a part of the East Zone aspect and can be the workforce’s vice-captain. Nonetheless, in a event the place the 15-year-old was given a possibility to show his red-ball credentials and present that he’s greater than only a T20 star, he may now miss the ultimate, together with his participation depending on India head coach Gautam Gambhir.
It isn’t simply Sooryavanshi. Based on a report by information company PTI, {the teenager}, together with South Zone skipper Tilak Varma and East Zone captain Ishan Kishan, may miss the Duleep Trophy ultimate. The trio have all been picked for India’s T20I collection towards Afghanistan, which begins in New Delhi on September 13, and the squad members are required to assemble within the nationwide capital by September 9.
“The Indian workforce will assemble in Delhi on both September 9 or 10. If the top coach needs all three to report as per the T20I workforce’s itinerary, then the trio cannot play. But when the top coach needs them to play the ultimate and report back to Delhi on September 10 late night, they will additionally try this,” a BCCI supply aware about the event advised PTI on situations of anonymity.
Ought to Gambhir name Sooryavanshi again from his red-ball task, it could be a major alternative missed for the teen to show his value in entrance of Agarkar, who shall be current in Chennai to evaluate the gamers within the Duleep Trophy ultimate.
Sooryavanshi has already made an impression within the event, scoring 92 within the first innings and 40 within the second in East Zone’s semifinal win over Central Zone. The 15-year-old additionally grew to become the youngest batter to attain a fifty in Duleep Trophy historical past.
Agarkar, in the meantime, was not current at Thursday’s all-important BCCI overview assembly in Mumbai as a result of household commitments. Nonetheless, the PTI report confirmed that the chief selector will journey to Chennai to look at the Duleep Trophy ultimate.
Whereas Sooryavanshi’s availability stays unsure, the selectors have requested three skilled India gamers — KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj — to end up for South Zone.
“Rahul, Padikkal and Siraj should not have any aggressive cricket proper now. The nationwide selectors need any India participant who is on the market to play the Duleep Trophy ultimate. The trio performed final on August 27. The following they’ll play is September 27 towards the West Indies within the ODIs.
“Now Padikkal is just not part of ODIs so he may play the India A collection. However the Duleep ultimate… if there’s a likelihood, they need to play,” the BCCI supply mentioned.
