England white-ball captain Harry Brook praised India’s teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi but revealed that his team has prepared plans to stop the 15-year-old ahead of the first T20I against India in Durham.
During the pre-match press conference, Brook said, “He (Vaibhav) looks like a very, very talented player. Obviously, he’s done extremely well over the last year, year and a half, and we’ve got our tactics and hopefully they work. There’s been a lot of digging behind the scenes to see what we can do to try and stop him from playing his best cricket.”
Sooryavanshi, who is yet to make his international debut, is one of the biggest talking points ahead of the series. He was picked in India’s squad after an outstanding IPL 2026 season for Rajasthan Royals. The left-hander scored 776 runs in 16 matches at an average of 48.50 and a strike rate of 237.30.
When asked what he was doing at Sooryavanshi’s age, Brook replied, “I was playing academy cricket for Yorkshire in the league.”
Sooryavanshi was also picked in India’s squad for the Ireland tour, but he did not make his T20I debut in Belfast. India will now take on England in the opening match of the five-match T20I series on Wednesday in Chester-le-Street.
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