On Saturday, Sooryavanshi earned a maiden call-up to India's T20I squad for the tours to Ireland and England, and the Asian Games in Japan, after having extraordinary performances in U19 World Cup triumph and IPL 2026. Sooryavanshi is in Sri Lanka with the India \u2018A\u2019 team for the 50-over tri-series, starting in Dambulla on June 9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cVaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s father is arriving today in Sri Lanka and we'll offer him that if he wants to go to the UK and Ireland also, we'll do that. Vaibhav was selected for India A team a few days ago and soon he will be a part of the India senior men\u2019s team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cSo to make him comfortable with the new environment, especially with him being a child, we have made arrangements for his father to go to Sri Lanka and be with his son so that he gets used to being in the new situation,\u201d Saikia told IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sooryavanshi\u2019s rapid elevation to the India squad comes on the back of a record\u2011breaking IPL 2026 season for Rajasthan Royals, where he amassed 776 runs to finish as the tournament\u2019s leading scorer. He also struck one century and five half\u2011centuries in the campaign, where RR finished third after losing in Qualifier 2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also claimed five awards - Emerging Player of the Season, Most Valuable Player, Orange Cap (for being leading run-getter in the competition), best season strike rate and most sixes hit in an IPL season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYesterday he was also selected for the UK and Ireland T20I tours. So we'll make the offer that if the parents or the father wants to go there, we'll make that arrangement also. This is basically for making the child comfortable in a senior men's team and that is the basic thing behind it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s because otherwise he was always traveling with his under 19, junior boys or the sub junior boys team. It meant that he was in the comfort zone. But now he will be in the adult world and we want to make him comfortable, as he is a 15\u2011year\u2011old kid. Definitely with his parents around, he'll be more comfortable subject to his satisfaction and convenience, we are doing it,\u201d added Saikia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cYesterday he was also selected for the UK and Ireland T20I tours. So we'll make the offer that if the parents or the father wants to go there, we'll make that arrangement also. This is basically for making the child comfortable in a senior men's team and that is the basic thing behind it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Saikia emphasised that the board\u2019s responsibility is to ensure a player like Sooryavanshi isn\u2019t feeling alienated in a new team environment. \u201cSee, we have some responsibility on us - that nobody should feel uncomfortable or alien in a new environment. That is our basic principle so that he adjusts gradually to being in the senior team.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n