India, June 30 -- England white-ball captain Harry Brook on Tuesday played down the threat of the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ahead of the first T20I against India in Durham. The left-hander might not have made his debut against Ireland in the two-match series, but all the build-up for the contest between India and England has been about Sooryavanshi, and whether the boy from Samastipur, Bihar, would break Sachin Tendulkar's record to become the youngest-ever debutant for India in men's cricket.

Sooryavanshi was named in the squad for the series against Ireland and England on the back of a phenomenal IPL 2026 season for the Rajasthan Royals, where he smashed 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.31. Days after being picked for the UK tou...