aibhav Sooryavanshi made his international debut earlier this month in England and, in just over 20 days into his career, already has two T20I fifties, the second of which came against Zimbabwe on Sunday.
The left-hander’s 81 off 49 balls helped India post 192/5, a total that proved too much for Zimbabwe.
First spotted by former junior selector VS Thilak Naidu in 2023, India’s head coach on the tour, VVS Laxman, admitted that he had grown as a person over the last six months.
“I think we know Vaibhav very well. It was, I think, two and a half years ago that we first identified him, just before the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. He was part of the quadrangular series which happened in Vijayawada, and he was one of the top scorers for India B,” Laxman said after the match on Sunday.