15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will use a separate dressing room from the rest of the team players on the England tour. This decision for Sooryavanshi has been taken under the safeguarding policy related to Under-16 players of the ICC and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). However, Sooryavanshi will be able to be present in the Indian team’s dressing room during matches and will also be a part of team meetings. He will have to use a separate changing room and washroom for changing clothes. This rule will remain applicable during the five-match T20 series in England. It is not yet clear whether the same arrangement will apply to the two T20 matches in Ireland. Parents to accompany Sooryavanshi throughout the tour The ECB told the British newspaper The Guardian that its safeguarding procedures remain in place during ICC events, and player safety is a priority. According to the board, necessary arrangements are being ensured by maintaining continuous contact with the Indian team’s Team Liaison Officer (TLO) and safeguarding officers of all host venues. The ECB also said that Sooryavanshi’s parents will stay with him throughout the tour and will stay in the same hotel where the Indian team will be staying. This is not usually the case, but considering the player’s age, special permission has been granted for this arrangement. BCCI to bear Sooryavanshi parents’ expenses BCCI Secretary Devjit Saikia has already clarified that Sooryavanshi’s parents will accompany him on the Ireland and England tours. The board will bear all their travel and accommodation expenses. Sooryavanshi has been part of several senior dressing rooms Sooryavanshi has been a part of the dressing rooms of many senior teams before. He has been with the Bihar team in domestic cricket, Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, and the India-A team during the recently concluded Tri-Series in Sri Lanka. Vaibhav can also become the youngest Indian to debut surpassing Sachin Shafali had played her first match for India at the age of 15 years and 239 days. Meanwhile, Sachin had debuted for India at the age of 16 years and 205 days. If Vaibhav gets a chance to play even one match in the England-Ireland tour or the Asian Games, he will surpass both Shafali and Sachin to become the youngest cricketer to play for India. Vaibhav became youngest player to be selected for Team India Vaibhav is the youngest cricketer to be selected for Team India at the age of 15 years and 71 days. In this regard, he surpassed the records of Shafali Verma and Sachin Tendulkar. Shafali was first selected for the Indian team at the age of 15 years and 220 days, while Sachin was selected for the national team at the age of 16 years and 194 days. After Ireland, Vaibhav will also tour England with Team India The Indian team will play two T20 matches against Ireland in Belfast on June 26 and 28. After this, the team will go on an England tour, where five T20 and three ODI matches will be played. The T20 series matches will be played in Chester-le-Street (July 1), Manchester (July 4), Nottingham (July 7), Bristol (July 9) and Southampton (July 11). Indian T20 Team for Ireland and England Tour Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Tilak Varma (Vice-Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan, Shivam Dube, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Prince Yadav. Post navigation ‘Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is like Sachin..but can he play that long?’:Kapil Dev says 15-year-old’s true test will come when he turns 20
