Overview
- The BCCI made the decision at a high-level review meeting held on Thursday, September 3, where secretary Devajit Saikia, coach Gautam Gambhir and CoE head VVS Laxman agreed to treat the 15-year-old as a long-term project.
- Officials said the board will monitor Sooryavanshi across technical work, mental and physical welfare and media pressure rather than rush his elevation to a fixed senior role.
- Short-term selection choices will be used as management levers: Gambhir will decide Sooryavanshi’s availability for the Duleep Trophy final and selectors will weigh his place in upcoming T20Is and multi-event travel such as the Asian Games.
- Sooryavanshi’s rapid rise is grounded in concrete records and mixed early form: he scored 776 IPL runs with a record 72 sixes in 2026, became India’s youngest men’s debutant, and recovered from low scores versus England to win Player of the Series against Zimbabwe.
- The BCCI placed Sooryavanshi in a targeted Centre of Excellence cohort of about 10–15 young players overseen by VVS Laxman, a step that signals tighter coaching oversight and that media, commercial and workload pressures will shape selection and training decisions going forward.