Why did 14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi become the captain of Team India? Got important responsibility in Youth South Africa series for 3 reasons
Vaibhav Suryavanshi: 14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi is a constant topic of discussion. He is winning the hearts of fans with his performance and 2025 has been no less than a dream for him. Now he will start the year 2026 as the captain of Team India in the Youth ODI series against South Africa. Actually, just before the Under 19 World Cup, three Youth ODI matches are going to be organized between India and South Africa. The team for this has been announced and 14 year old Vaibhav will be seen captaining the team. There are some big reasons behind making him captain, let’s take a look at them.
1. Ayush Mhatre is injured
Ayush Mhatre has suffered a wrist injury and BCCI wants to keep him fit for the Under-19 World Cup. For this reason, he has been kept out of the ODI series to be held just before the tournament. Had Ayush been available, he would have got the captaincy. In his absence, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the most important member of the team. For this reason he was handed over the captaincy.
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2. Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s consistently good performance
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has performed consistently well in the last one year. He created a stir in big tournaments like IPL and scored a century in 35 balls. After this he did wonders in Youth ODI and Test matches. He scored centuries in Asia Cup Rising Stars and Under 19 Asia Cup. Now the selectors have rewarded this performance by making him the captain.
3. To prepare Vaibhav Suryavanshi for the future
At the age of 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is spoiling the condition of big bowlers. He has a special talent and BCCI probably wants to put pressure on him to see how he will perform. If Vaibhav proves to be a good leader, then in future he can be appointed captain of the Under 19 team and he can also captain Bihar in domestic cricket.
Team India’s squad for Youth ODI series against South Africa: Vaibhav Suryavanshi (captain), Aaron George (vice-captain), Vedant Trivedi, Abhigyan Kundu (wicketkeeper), Harvansh Singh (wicketkeeper), RS Ambareesh, Kanishk Chauhan, Khilan Patel, Mohammad Anan, Henil Patel, D. Deepesh, Kishan Kumar Singh, Udhav Mohan, Yuvraj Gohil, Rahul Kumar.
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