Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was asked to be patient after facing Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson in the Sri Lanka series. Posted on September 18, 2026 September 18, 2026 India coach Gautam Gambhir said Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have to wait for his chance to break into the team after leaving the 15-year-old prodigy on the sidelines of their three-match Twenty20 series sweep against Afghanistan. Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson opened for India in the series, with Abhishek scoring the third-fastest century in T20 internationals in Thursday’s 127-run victory in New Delhi. Recommended Stories 4-item listend listSooryavanshi, who was the top scorer in this year’s Indian Premier League, made his international debut against England in July, but the top-order batsman failed to make an impact as the hosts dominated India in the T20 series. He scored two fifties against Zimbabwe in Harare later that month, but has not played for India since. “Whether you’re 15 or 30, when you have to wait for your chance, you have to wait for your chance,” Gambhir told reporters after the match. “We know the type of talent he has and what he can do, but someone who has been performing for the last two or three years will always be ahead of someone who just joined the team.” Sooryavanshi will travel to Nagoya for India’s Asian Games campaign, with a one-off T20 against hosts Japan scheduled for Tuesday ahead of the Asian quarter-finals on September 28. “Well… We want competition and talent in the dressing room,” Gambhir added.
