Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to use separate changing room on England T20 tour
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will have separate changing facilities on the England T20 tour due to under-16 safeguarding rules.
India's 15-year-old batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi will use separate changing facilities during the T20 tour of England, following ICC and ECB safeguarding rules for players under 16. His parents will accompany him.
He's set to become India's youngest international cricketer, and the buzz around a possible senior debut has already sparked a ticket rush for the Ireland T20I series that precedes the England leg. Sooryavanshi, selected for both tours, called the pick the fulfillment of a dream.
CricHubb Take
Sooryavanshi's selection forces Indian cricket's admin machine to treat a teenager differently from a grown squad member — separate rooms, parent oversight, different protocols. It's a small logistics headache that hints at a bigger tension: how fast can Indian cricket really accelerate the next generation when duty of care and team unity pull in different directions?