{"id":17763,"date":"2026-06-07T01:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/for-the-sake-of-world-cricket-ex-england-cricketer-urges-india-to-play-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-in-ireland-t20is-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T20:14:09","slug":"for-the-sake-of-world-cricket-ex-england-cricketer-urges-india-to-play-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-in-ireland-t20is-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/for-the-sake-of-world-cricket-ex-england-cricketer-urges-india-to-play-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-in-ireland-t20is-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;For the sake of world cricket&#8217;: Ex-England cricketer urges India to play Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in Ireland T20Is | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131552645,imgsize-35318,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mmb-6.jpg\" alt=\"'For the sake of world cricket': Ex-England cricketer urges India to play Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in Ireland T20Is\" title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former England spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/graeme-swann\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Graeme Swann<\/a> backed teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to feature in India&#8217;s T20I series against Ireland, calling him &#8220;the box-office man of the moment&#8221; and saying his inclusion in India&#8217;s squad is good for world cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Sooryavanshi, who was named in India&#8217;s squads for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England on Saturday, became the youngest player ever selected for an Indian team at 15 years and 71 days. He broke the previous record held by Sachin Tendulkar, who made his Test debut at 16 years and 205 days against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Speaking on JioStar, Swann said he wanted to see Sooryavanshi play in the two-match T20I series against Ireland beginning June 26 in Belfast.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cI am glad he has been picked, for the sake of world cricket. He is the box-office man of the moment. I think he should play against Ireland. I was not entirely sure how good he was coming into this IPL,&#8221; Swann said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>\u201cI knew he had talent and he scored a big hundred in the U19 World Cup Final. But I thought world-class bowlers would find him out. There would be too much pace and too much planning against him,&#8221; Swann added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Swann said Sooryavanshi handled every challenge during IPL 2026 with confidence.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>\u201cThe 97 he scored in the Eliminator (of IPL), I have rarely seen hitting like that. As he was smashing Pat Cummins all over the ground, I was thinking, \u2018This kid is the real deal,&#8221; Swann said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cI did not see the point of not involving him, or not bringing him into the senior team, because you have got an absolute world-beater on your hands for the next 20 years,&#8221; Swann added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Sooryavanshi earned his maiden India call-up after finishing IPL 2026 as the tournament&#8217;s highest run-scorer. Playing for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a>, he scored 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.30, including one century and five fifties.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday announced India&#8217;s T20I squads for the Ireland and England tours. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shreyas-iyer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Shreyas Iyer<\/a> was named captain, while Tilak Varma was appointed vice-captain.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>India&#8217;s T20 World Cup-winning captain Suryakumar Yadav was left out of the squad. Fast bowler Prince Yadav also received his first call-up.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/for-the-sake-of-world-cricket-ex-england-cricketer-urges-india-to-play-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-in-ireland-t20is\/articleshow\/131552330.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former England spinner Graeme Swann backed teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to feature in India&#8217;s T20I series against Ireland, calling him &#8220;the box-office man of the moment&#8221; and saying his inclusion in India&#8217;s squad is good for world cricket.Sooryavanshi, who was named in India&#8217;s squads for the upcoming T20I tours of Ireland and England on Saturday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}