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Ferguson praises 15-year-old Sooryavanshi ahead of India’s New Zealand T20Is
India’s 15-year-old batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set to play New Zealand in a five-match T20 international series beginning October 22.
New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson praised him after facing him in the Indian Premier League and said he is looking forward to bowling to him.
Sooryavanshi made his T20 international debut against England in July and has scored 246 runs in eight matches, including two half-centuries.
He became the youngest batter to score a half-century in men’s T20 internationals, reaching 50 in 19 balls against Zimbabwe.
His selection for the New Zealand tour gives him another chance to build on his early international performances after missing India’s playing XI for the first T20 against West Indies earlier this month.
The series will test him in unfamiliar conditions, where the source says pace and bounce could pose a different challenge.
The tour also includes five one-day internationals and two Tests, but the immediate test for Sooryavanshi is the T20 series.
Lockie Ferguson praised 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an “unreal talent” ahead of India’s five-match T20I series in New Zealand.
Ferguson said he was looking forward to bowling to the teenager, whom he had faced in the IPL.
The series begins on October 22 and will give Sooryavanshi a chance to play in unfamiliar conditions.
Sooryavanshi has scored 246 runs in eight T20Is, including two half-centuries.
- Who
- New Zealand fast bowler Lockie Ferguson and India batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
- What
- Ferguson praised Sooryavanshi and said he was looking forward to bowling to him in the T20I series.
- When
- The series begins on October 22, 2026.
- Where
- New Zealand.
- Why
- Sooryavanshi will face a new challenge in unfamiliar conditions as he seeks to build on his early international performances.
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He's proper talent. He's unreal talent. It's no surprise that he's been pushed into the Indian squad.
So yeah, looking forward to a challenge that comes with New Zealand.
India's unreal side, we know that. But hosting them in New Zealand is going to be real awesome.
Sooryavanshi made his T20I debut against England.
Ferguson praised Sooryavanshi ahead of the New Zealand series.
India are scheduled to begin their five-match T20I series against New Zealand.
- Sooryavanshi's age
- 15
- T20I record
- 246 runs in eight matches, including two half-centuries
- Highest T20I score
- 81 against Zimbabwe
- Series start
- October 22, 2026
- T20I series length
- Five matches
Sources
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