Former India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara believes it may be some time before Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gets a chance in the T20I series against England. The 15-year-old’s international debut was a major talking point, especially after India’s 0-2 loss to Ireland in the series.“There’s a lot of hype around him and as a young player, he shouldn’t focus on what’s being said about him. I think it’s important to keep outside noise away from him and the best way to do that is to just focus on the game. I don’t think he’ll get an opportunity right away,” Cheteshwar Pujara told Star Sports.Pujara highlighted why he does not expect Sooryavanshi to make the playing XI immediately as the team management is likely to stick with the World Cup-winning top order Sanju SamsonAbhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan.“Indian team would not want to change their top three and I don’t think Vaibhav will get his chance in the first 2 or 3 games. Once the Indian team starts going well, whenever there is an opportunity in the rotation, then Vaibhav will come into the playing XI. What he did in IPL, it will not be easy to repeat the same thing in English conditions,” he added.Vaibhav was included in India’s T20I squad ahead of the Ireland-England series after a sensational IPL campaign, but is yet to make his international debut.The youngster arrived in the national team in outstanding form after smashing a record 11-ball List A fifty for India A against Sri Lanka A in Dambulla.Vaibhav also has experience of playing in English conditions, having toured the country in 2025 with the Indian Under-19 team. He finished as the leading run-scorer in that one-day series, scoring 355 runs at an average of 71 and a strike rate of 174.
