Vaibhav Sooryavanshi named in India A squad for Rising Stars Asia Cup

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been named in India A's 15-member squad for the ACC Men's Rising Stars Asia Cup 2026, to be held in Doha, Qatar, from November 19 to 29.

Tilak Varma will captain the side, with Rajat Patidar as vice-captain. India A are in Group B alongside Pakistan A, Nepal and the UAE. Group A comprises Bangladesh A, Sri Lanka A, Afghanistan A and Hong Kong. The top two from each group reach the semi-finals on November 26 and 27, with the final on November 29.

Sooryavanshi, Rajasthan Royals' leading scorer and the Orange Cap winner in IPL 2026, made his T20I debut against England in July, becoming the youngest Indian to play international cricket. He finished as the leading run-scorer in India's 3-0 T20I series sweep in Zimbabwe, with two fifties, including a 50 off 19 balls that made him the youngest player to score a fifty in men's international cricket. He also struck 81 off 49 in the final and was Player of the Series.

He was part of India's Asian Games 2026 gold-medal-winning team and most recently made 45 off 19 balls in the third T20I against New Zealand, where he and Abhishek Sharma helped India set records for the highest powerplay score in men's T20Is and the fastest team fifty by a full-member nation and fastest team hundred in men's T20 cricket.

India A squad: Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Tilak Varma (captain), Rajat Patidar (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Kumar Kushagra (wk), Suryansh Shedge, Shahbaz Ahmed, Vipraj Nigam, Harsh Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Harshit Rana, Prince Yadav, Arshad Khan.