BCCI Maps Long-Term Plan for 15-Year-Old Sooryavanshi

The BCCI pulled together an unusual group in Mumbai: head coach Gautam Gambhir, captains Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill, BCCI president Mithun Manhas, secretary Jay Shah's representative Saikia, and VVS Laxman from the Centre of Excellence. All for a 15-year-old batsman named Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

The meeting carved out a structured pathway for his development—one that's built on domestic and franchise white-ball cricket for now. Despite the T20I push that's already come his way, India's red-ball setup isn't in the picture yet. Sooryavanshi starts a new round of assignments on Sunday.

This kind of coordinated planning isn't standard BCCI procedure for a teenager. It suggests the board sees him differently from the usual pipeline—but it also signals they're in no rush to throw him into Test cricket.