Vaibhav should play for India soon: Sooryavanshi's coach Manish Ojha

Voices are fast growing for Rajasthan Royals boy wonder Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to be picked for Team India With two IPL centuries to his name in just 22 games Sooryavanshi 15 scored a 29ball 97 as RR eliminated Sunrisers Hyderabad at New Chandigarh on Wednesday The lefthanded opener is the top rungetter in IPL19 scoring 680 runs in 15 innings at an impressive strike rate of 24285 hammering a record 65 sixes and 55 fours en routeSooryavanshirsquos coach Manish Ojha insists that his ward has fulfilled all the parameters to be picked for Indiarsquos upcoming tour to Ireland two T20Is on June 26 and 28 and England five T20Is on July 1 4 7 9 11Manish Ojha Vinayak Samant and Jatin ParanjapeldquoVaibhav should be given a chance for Indiarsquos T20I tours to Ireland and England He is consistently scoring runs in the IPL and has singlehandedly helped the Indian team win the U19 World Cup Before that he did exceedingly well during the India U19 teamrsquos South Africa New Zealand and Australia tour He replicated that performance during the Asia Cup Rising Stars also The only platform that is left now is the Team India stage and he has fulfilled all the parameters needed to merit that India blue jerseyrdquo Ojha told midday over the phone from Patna on Thursday Vinayak Samant who guided Sooryavanshirsquos state team Bihar to the Ranji Trophy Plate group final last season also reckons the teenager deserves an India capldquoVaibhav has proved his mettle by scoring against all the top bowlers in the world at this IPL He deserves an India chance Hersquos a consistent and fearless matchwinner He should be picked for the Ireland and England T20I series as it will help him learn to play in swinging conditionsrdquo Samanttold middayAfter the IPL Sooryavanshirsquos next assignment is with India lsquoArsquo for a oneday triseries in Sri Lanka beginning on June 9 Afghanistan is the third teamFormer national selector Jatin Paranjape believes that such is Sooryavanshirsquos impact that bowlers are scared to try anything different against him ldquoI feel that the bowlers are lacking in their plans to counter Sooryavanshi They have not been able to identify any areas where they should bowl him I feel they are scared to try anything because even mishits are going for a sixrdquo Paranjape told midday on Thursday adding that even he feels that the youngster should play for the Indian team soon ldquoThere is no harm in picking him for India If somebody is batting so brilliantly then his age should not come in the wayrdquo said Paranjape who is currently a BCCI Cricket Advisory Committee member90kmDistance Sooryavanshi travelled from home in Samastipur to Patna for practice every other day24285Vaibhav Sooryavanshirsquos strikerate in the ongoing edition mdash the first player to score 600plus runs 680 in a T20 tournament at a strikerate of 200 or more8No of sixes smashed by Sooryavanshi in the Powerplay on Wednesday mdash the most by any player in IPL12No of sixes hit by Sooryavanshi on Wednesday mdash the most by a batter in IPL Playoffs3No of times Sooryavanshi has hit 10 or more sixes in an innings in the ongoing IPL mdash the most by any batter in a single IPL edition3No of times Sooryavanshi has finished his IPL innings with a strikerate above 300 minimum 50 runs mdash the most by any batter in IPL680Total number of runs scored by Sooryavanshi in the ongoing IPL mdash the most by an uncapped player in a single IPL edition33448Sooryavanshirsquos strikerate during his 97 off 29ball vs SRH on Wednesday mdash highest by any player who has scored 90 or more runs in an IPL innings1Wednesdayrsquos victory is RRrsquos first win over SRH after losing six successive matches since 2023