15-year-old Indian opening batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who is representing East Zone in the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2026 campaign, has shared his views on his double-wicket over against the North East Zone.
Delving into the details, East Zone captain Ishan Kishan handed the ball to Sooryavanshi, who responded quickly with two wickets in an over. Speaking exclusively to bcci.tv, Sooryavanshi made some cheeky comments on his feat.
“If you ask batters, they always enjoy bowling. A batter bowling or a bowler batting is enjoyable for the player. Wickets weren’t falling for the opposing team. Thus, I was asked to bowl two or three overs. Ishan bhaiya felt like he was taking a risk by giving me the ball. But he doesn’t know that I am a wicket-taker,” Sooryavanshi said in a video shared by BCCI.
“In my mind, I only thought that even if I take five wickets, I am only getting three overs to bowl. I tried to bowl as best as I could, in one spot, and to finish my spell. It was a lot of fun because batting didn’t go so well in the last match, so contributing to the team with the ball was fun. When a batter takes a wicket, there is no greater enjoyment than that,” he added.
Interestingly, Sooryavanshi has picked up only four wickets in his professional career, all in first-class cricket. Sooryavanshi returned to the 2026 domestic season after recently being part of the Indian T20I team for the England and Zimbabwe tours.
Sooryavanshi is currently plying his trade for East Zone in the semi-final against Central Zone as Ishan Kishan’s deputy.
East Zone playing XI vs Central Zone: Abhimanyu Easwaran, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Kumar Kushagra, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Ishan Kishan (c) (wk), Virat Singh, Md Kounain Quraishi, Anukul Roy, Abhijit K Sarkar, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar
