Vaibhav Sooryavanshi represented India U19 recently. PC- AFP
The Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is about to conclude soon, with the last dance staged between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and the Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
The two teams may have been picked for the final showdown, but the tournament also belonged to performances from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer and Prince Yadav, whose teams have been eliminated from the tournament.
After the conclusion of the IPL 2026, the highlight will now shift to the Indian Cricket Team. Soon, the Men in Blue will take on Afghanistan in a multi-format series, with the one-off Test scheduled to begin on June 6. However, after that, an Indian side will contest in the 2026 Asian Games in Japan.
Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Gaikwad to be picked in Asian Games squad
If the report from News18 is to be believed, then Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer are in line to be picked in the Indian squad for the 2026 Asian Games, but the Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav is supposed to miss out on the selection.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer are in line to be picked in the Indian squad for the 2026 Asian Games, but the Indian T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav is supposed to miss out on the selection.
"Among the notable inclusions are 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Shreyas Iyer, while T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav has missed out," the report from News18 stated.
India are the defending champions of the Asian Games, with Ruturaj Gaikwad leading the Men in Blue in the previous edition. It is understood that the CSK captain is part of the 30-member probables list.
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When will the 2026 Asian Games be played?
The 2026 Asian Games are to be hosted in Japan's Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, with the men’s cricket competition is scheduled to be held from September 24 to October 3.
The multi-sport event is celebrated once every four years, but the previous edition was postponed and played in 2023 in Hangzhou due to the COVID-19.
Cricket was first introduced in the games for the first time in 2010. Although it is a very popular in the region, it has featured intermittently.
The rise of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi!
The 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the talk of the town in the IPL 2026, where he slammed nearly 800 runs in a season at a breathtaking strike rate of 237.31. His berserk batting was the primary reason for Rajasthan Royals’ run to the IPL 2026 playoffs, where he smoked back-to-back 90s.
However, his valiant effort went in vain against Gujarat, as the GT skipper Shubman Gill evened out his efforts with a century in Qualifier 2.
Conclusion
The recent rise of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been widely discussed in the Indian cricketing fraternity.
The prodigal batter from Bihar is already included in the India A for the Tri-Series involving Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A. However, pundits and fans have consistently been calling for his selection to the Indian senior side.
India's Probables for 2026 Asian Games
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Ayush Badoni, Harsh Dubey, Dhruv Jurel, Khaleel Ahmed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shivam Dube, Vipraj Nigam Nigam, Harshit Rana, Yash Thakur, Washington Sundar.
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