New Delhi: South Africa’s batting legend… AB de Villiers He has thrown his weight behind the decision to hand India’s young sensation Vibhu Suryavanshi his first international call-up, calling the selectors’ move both “the right call” and a “brave decision”.The 15-year-old created history on Saturday when he was included in India’s squad for the tours of Ireland and England and the Asian Games, becoming the youngest player to be selected for the national team and eclipsing the mark set by Sachin Tendulkar in 1989.Speaking at an event in Mumbai, de Villiers said the selectors deserve credit for resisting the temptation to opt for experience.“It is definitely the right call by the selectors. Well done to them for taking a brave decision. It would have been easy to say he’s still too young and not ready, and go for more experience. He has broken that door, and he deserves his place in the Indian T20 team, so I am happy for him,” said the former South African captain.
‘There is no doubt that Suryavanshi has talent’
De Villiers refrained from making definitive predictions about Suryavanshi’s red-ball future, expressing confidence that the youngster has the skills to succeed in all formats if he chooses that path.“Yeah, he’s a tremendous talent. The Redball thing I can’t quite answer. I think he could if he wanted to, but there’s your answer, and also the big question is, does he really want to do it? Time will tell. There’s no doubt he has the talent and the ability to do it. I haven’t always made it easy,” and a few people have said before, “The batting great acknowledged that Test cricket will present a different set of challenges, but backed the Bihar-born stunner to overcome them.“If he decides to play red ball cricket, there will be some challenges, but he has the skills and ability to work through it and in my opinion, I hope he tries to play Test cricket, but I doubt it. We will see in the future.”Suryavanshi’s rise has been nothing short of extraordinary. gave Rajasthan Royals The opener dominated IPL 2026 with 776 runs at an astounding strike rate of 237.30 and hit a record 72 sixes.
