Why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will be with his parents during Ireland, England tour? BCCI secretary explains"

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will allow the parents of teenage cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to travel with him during India’s upcoming tour of Ireland and England in June and July. The move is intended to support the youngest member of the national squad as he begins his international career.

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed the board would pay for the arrangement, citing the special circumstances of the 15-year-old being included in a senior national team environment.

“You see, not every national team at the senior level has a 14 or 15-year-old in their squad. After many decades, we have someone like Vaibhav Sooryavanshi,” Saikia told PTI.

There was a time when it was who was so young on the national team. “Obviously with a young kid in the senior team there are a lot of issues that can crop up. “So to make him comfortable and to help him get used to an adult environment, where all the other players are above 18 years of age and the team management members are also adults, we felt it would be helpful. We are doing this because we believe it will ease a lot of issues as far as Vaibhav is concerned,” Saikia added.

Sooryavanshi was called up to India’s T20I side for the first time after a brilliant 2026 season. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer with 776 runs and maintained a strike rate of 237.30. His performances helped him win the Orange Cap, the Most Valuable Player award and the Emerging Player honour.

Before joining the senior national side, Sooryavanshi represented India A in a 50-over tri-series in Sri Lanka featuring Afghanistan A and Sri Lanka A. He was involved in an on-field altercation with a host-team player that included physical contact during the tournament. Despite discussion surrounding the incident, Saikia made it clear that the BCCI would not intervene in matters falling under the authority of match officials and the host board.

"BCCI is looking at taking action, etc. There is a lot happening on social media. “Do you want BCCI to step into the domain of match referee? The BCCI is not an authority, we should not intrude into the area where the match referee and the umpires are the main persons who can take any decision regarding any incident that had happened in the playground,” Saikia added.

Whatever happened, it was part of the game and the BCCI have no role to play." The role is that of match referee. If something is going wrong he will take a call, the umpires will take a call and there is a system in place,” he added.