India, June 23 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is inching closer to the day world cricket has been waiting for: an India debut, which now appears highly likely against Ireland this Friday. On Tuesday, the BCCI offered a first glimpse of what the teenager would look like in an India jersey. Sooryavanshi donned the India blue for the first time and, as expected, was overwhelmed with emotion. Words came slowly as the 15-year-old sat down to describe the surreal feeling.

"Words cannot explain it. The reason I picked up a bat from day one and went to the cricket ground for practice, today that dream was fulfilled. The biggest step towards that journey was completed today. I truly cannot put this feeling into words. I felt like a dream. The moment I s...