BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, India’s , will have to wait to make his senior international debut.
Sooryavanshi, who is coming off being the top run scorer in this year’s Indian Premier League, was left out again by India for the second and final T20 match against Ireland in Belfast. He also didn’t play in the first match that India on Friday for Ireland’s first-ever win over the Indians in any format.
The next chance for Sooryavanshi — who is aged 15 years and 93 days — to become the youngest player to feature in a top-tier men’s T20 will be in the five-match series in England starting Wednesday. Ireland’s Joshua Little holds the record — he was 16 years and 309 days when making his debut in the format.
Sooryavanshi would become the youngest-ever player in . The great Sachin Tendulkar was 16 years and 205 days when he made his test debut in 1989, then made his ODI debut 33 days later.
The youngest-ever player in men’s international cricket remains Hasan Raza, who was 14 years and 227 days when he made his test debut for Pakistan in 1996.
India wins toss and bowls
India won the toss, opted to bowl first at Stormont, and gave debuts to allrounder Suryansh Shedge and 24-year-old fast bowler Prince Yadav.
The selectors kept faith with the top order of Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan instead of bringing in Sooryavanshi.
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Lineups:
Ireland: Tim Tector, Ross Adair, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (captain), Ben Calitz, Gareth Delaney, George Dockrell, Matthew Humphreys, Matt Hollard, Liam McCarthy, Jai Moondra
India: Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma, Suryansh Shedge, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav
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