Overview
- The BCCI held a high-level review meeting on Thursday that placed Sooryavanshi in a targeted development group overseen by CoE head VVS Laxman.
- Officials say the aim is to convert his early success into a sustained international career by monitoring technical work, fitness, mental health and behaviour.
- Sooryavanshi rose to prominence after an extraordinary IPL 2026 season in which he scored 776 runs, won the Orange Cap and set a single-season sixes record of 72.
- His early senior record has been mixed, with low scores in a T20I series versus England followed by 151 runs in three matches against Zimbabwe and a Player of the Series award.
- Immediate selection choices, including whether he will play the Duleep Trophy final, remain with head coach Gautam Gambhir as the board balances short-term matches, workload and conduct risks.