Iyer on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s India debut against England: ‘Our hands are tied’
4 min readJun 30, 2026 08:37 PM IST As India recover and look to return to winning ways against England after a series defeat in Ireland, the reluctance to not play 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has become a huge talking point. Named in India’s T20I squads for the trips to Ireland and England, India stuck to the top three of Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan that won them the T20 World Cup in February-March in the two Ireland T20Is, not falling to the temptation of picking the teenage sensation. With no time to sit back and analyse, India will face England in the first of five T20Is, starting in Durham on Wednesday, with all questions again whether Sooryavanshi should play. Shreyas Iyer, the new T20I captain, pointed out the thought process when it came to not disturbing the top three in Ireland. “It’s difficult for the management to decide when to give you a chance. Look, all the players in the team have performed well; it’s not that only one individual has performed well. …


