Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is getting a bit closer to that dream sort of moment in his still-young cricket path. This 15-year-old batter, now, has been picked for India’s upcoming T20I series in Ireland and also for the tour of England, where it’s basically expected he makes his international debut. And yeah, whenever he steps onto the park for India, he’ll end up as the youngest player ever to show up for the country in international cricket. His selection, came off after a standout IPL 2026 run, where he was really something. Fans, analysts, and selectors all seemed impressed, especially because his batting looked fearless, no questions. Buttler Says It Is Fully Deserved Former England captain Jos Buttler, who actually shared the dressing room with Sooryavanshi during the Gujarat Titans days, feels this call is properly earned. On his podcast, For The Love of Cricket, Buttler gave the youngster a lot of credit and said his output made him basically impossible to overlook. Buttler said: "15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has got a deserved call-up into an incredibly strong India side. So strong that they have dropped their World Cup-winning captain. He was a serious, serious player. And while his form has not been at the same level as it was before, the next World Cup is in 2028, so they wanted that change. They picked Shreyas Iyer, who won it with KKR and then had a good effect on Punjab Kings. More than anything, his numbers with the bat have been brilliant." This praise matters, because Buttler watched Sooryavanshi pretty closely all through the IPL season, and he saw the kid grow from the inside of that team environment. Also Read | ICC Reprimands Nahid Rana for Aggressive Send-Off to Josh Inglis During BAN vs AUS 1st ODI A Kind Of Twist, Compared to Sachin Tendulkar Buttler also talked about a chat he had with Gujarat Titans assistant coach Ashish Kapoor about the attention Sooryavanshi has been getting. They were basically weighing how the teenager’s rapid rise feels against Sachin Tendulkar’s early days. Sachin made his India debut at 16, back in 1989. He added: "Ashish Kapoor, one of our assistant coaches at Gujarat, and I were talking while all the furore around Vaibhav was reaching fever pitch in India. I asked him what it was like compared to Sachin because he is from that generation and grew up watching him. "He said the real difference is that everyone has seen Vaibhav. He's not played international cricket, yet he is already so famous because of social media. Everyone has watched him bat and seen what he has done in the biggest T20 tournament in the world." Social Media Has Changed Everything, For Real Buttler also said that today’s young players just get way more notice because of social media, plus constant TV coverage. He further said: "When Sachin was coming through, people were reading about him in newspapers. It was all whispers and stories about this extraordinary talent that you simply had to watch. Unless you were at the ground or happened to catch him live on television, you didn't really see him. There were no highlights packages, no social media and none of the exposure players get today. "Vaibhav is incredibly well known already. He was the MVP of the tournament, scored more than 700 runs at a strike rate above 200. Any player putting up those numbers gets picked. He absolutely deserves his place." Ireland First, Then the England Tour Right now, Sooryavanshi is with India A for the one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka. After that, he’ll head to Ireland for the T20I series, which kicks off on June 26. Then, he’ll link up with the main Indian squad for the five-match T20I series in England. With the buzz building day by day, cricket fans everywhere will be watching closely, wondering whether this teenage spark can actually carry that IPL rhythm straight onto the international stage.