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Abhishek Sharma reveals the secrets of handling Vaibhav Suryavanshi!: The Indian national cricket team is currently on a tour of Ireland as they have already played the first match of the two-match T20 series. Lorcan Tucker’s Young Ireland team created history on Friday at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Stormont, Belfast, Ireland, defeating India for the first time across all formats.
Shreyas Iyer and his team were stunned to lose by 34 runs to the young Irish team. Abhishek Sharma was the top scorer for the Men in Blue as he scored 49 runs in 20 balls, and the rest of India’s batsmen crumbled under pressure and threw away wickets in the middle overs as India were bowled out for 148 runs.
Abhishek Sharma criticizes Indian batsmen after failure against Ireland
During the press conference after the match, Abhishek Sharma criticized the Indian batsmen. The southpaw also talked about Vaibhav Suryavanshi and revealed how the team is managing the 15-year-old after he was recently called up to the senior team following impressive batting performances in the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Under-19 World Cup and List A matches.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was selected for the India national cricket team for the first time for his exceptional performances in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals (RR). He became the youngest cricketer to win the Orange Cap after scoring 776 runs in the tournament and finishing as the leading run scorer, and also won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award at the age of 15.
“It is our responsibility to make him comfortable” – Abhishek Sharma on adjusting Vaibhav Suryavanshi to the senior team
Abhishek Sharma, while speaking to reporters, highlighted Vaibhav’s enthusiastic desire to learn from senior cricketers and also revealed that the coach and the entire team are doing everything possible to help him settle in the dressing room.
“As a team, I think it’s our responsibility to make him comfortable. And obviously he’s a young guy and I thought he’s very eager to play all the time. He’s just learning.”
“He asks questions, so I think he has that thing in him where he wants to learn a lot of things and obviously it’s a dream for him too. So we are trying our best to make him feel like he belongs in the group,” Abhishek told reporters after the first T20 match.
Will Vaibhav Suryavanshi debut on Sunday?
His exclusion remained a major talking point as Vaibhav Suryavanshi failed to make his senior international debut after his impressive performances in recent months. The Men in Blue continued with the opening combination of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma that led them to the T20 World Cup win.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been in the news for the past few months after he posted an innings of 94 off 29 balls in the List A tri-series final against the Sri Lanka A national cricket team. His much-anticipated debut for the senior team did not happen on Friday; However, the final T20I is expected to take place on Sunday.