'He is a kid': BCCI to bear parents' expenses as Sooryavanshi begins India journey

NEW DELHI: The BCCI has decided to let teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's parents to travel him connected the upcoming tours of Ireland and England, with the committee acceptable to carnivore each expenses successful a bid to assistance the 15-year-old set to beingness successful the elder Indian team.BCCI caput Devajit Saikia said the determination was aimed astatine ensuring that the youngster remains comfy arsenic helium transitions from age-group cricket to the demands of planetary cricket.

"As helium is simply a child, we person decided to let his parents to travel him to Ireland and England, truthful that they tin beryllium with him and assistance him settee successful the caller environment. The Board volition screen each their expenses," Saikia told Sportstar.The teenage batting prodigy earned his maiden India call-up for the T20I bid successful Ireland and England and the Asian Games aft a record-breaking IPL 2026 run successful which helium amassed 776 runs for Rajasthan Royals.

BCCI keen to easiness teenager's transition

Saikia revealed that Sooryavanshi's father, Sanjeev, had already travelled to Sri Lanka to articulation his son, who is presently with the India A broadside for the tri-series successful Dambulla."Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's begetter is arriving contiguous successful Sri Lanka and we'll connection him that if helium wants to spell to the UK and Ireland also, we'll bash that.

Vaibhav was selected for India A squad a fewer days agone and soon helium volition beryllium a portion of the India elder men's team."So to marque him comfy with the caller environment, particularly with him being a child, we person made arrangements for his begetter to spell to Sri Lanka and beryllium with his lad truthful that helium gets utilized to being successful the caller situation," Saikia told IANS.The BCCI caput stressed that the board's superior work was to guarantee that the youngster did not consciousness isolated successful unfamiliar surroundings."Yesterday helium was besides selected for the UK and Ireland T20I tours. So we'll marque the connection that if the parents oregon the begetter wants to spell there, we'll marque that statement also. This is fundamentally for making the kid comfy successful a elder men's squad and that is the basal happening down it," helium said."It’s due to the fact that different helium was ever traveling with his under-19, inferior boys oregon sub-junior boys team. It meant that helium was successful the comfortableness zone.

But present helium volition beryllium successful the big satellite and we privation to marque him comfortable, arsenic helium is simply a 15-year-old kid. Definitely with his parents around, he'll beryllium much comfortable. Subject to his restitution and convenience, we are doing it," helium added.

A work beyond cricket

Saikia said the committee had a work to guarantee that young players were not overwhelmed by the challenges of a caller environment."See, we person immoderate work connected america - that cipher should consciousness uncomfortable oregon alien successful a caller environment.

That is our basal rule truthful that helium adjusts gradually to being successful the elder team," helium said.Sooryavanshi's accelerated emergence has been thing abbreviated of extraordinary. After starring successful India's Under-19 World Cup triumph, helium dominated IPL 2026, finishing arsenic the tournament's starring run-scorer with 776 runs, including a period and 5 fifties.He besides swept aggregate idiosyncratic honours, claiming the Orange Cap, Emerging Player award, Most Valuable Player award, champion onslaught complaint and the grounds for astir sixes successful a azygous IPL season.Chief selector Ajit Agarkar said the youngster had efficaciously "picked himself" done his performances."We've got precocious hopes of him, and I deliberation helium conscionable has picked himself really," Agarkar had said.