India, May 14 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has taken another giant step towards making his India debut after the BCCI, on Thursday, named the youngster in the India A squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka featuring Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A from June 9 to 21. This is Sooryavanshi's first one-day call-up. He had earlier represented India A in the Rising Stars Asia Cup last year, but the tournament was played in the T20 format. However, the development could prove to be a double-edged sword for the youngster as it makes him unlikely to travel to the UK for the two T20Is against Ireland on June 26 and 28.

Sooryavanshi will play under the captaincy of Tilak Varma. The squad also features other promising IPL youngsters such as Priyansh Arya, R...