India, July 3 -- Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers wants Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to play and is not buying any excuses from the Indian camp. The 15-year-old was picked amid great fanfare for the tours of Ireland and England, but the youngster has only warmed the bench so far. He was first ignored for the opening two T20Is against Ireland, and the status quo was maintained for the opener against England, as the incumbent duo of Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson played.

However, with Samson now failing for three games in a row, the pressure is firmly on the management to make use of Sooryavanshi's form and make the most of it. The left-hander hammered 776 runs in the IPL 2026 season for the Rajasthan Royals and then backed it up with ...