Watch: Sooryavanshi's 2-wicket spell in Duleep Trophy

Having earned recognition as the premier and aggressive batter in the shortest format of the game, the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has shown his ability with the ball, taking two wickets in four balls for the East Zone during the 2026 Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru.

Sooryavanshi showed his bowling a bit during the U-19 games and came up to roll his arm over during the Duleep Trophy game against the North-East side. It would be a massive advantage for the Indian side if he shows his all-round performance, growing as a part-time left-arm spinner.

The spell that stole the show — Sooryavanshi's 2-wicket burst for East Zone

On the second delivery of his second over, Sooryavanshi dismissed Kishan Lyngdoh. He gave the ball full air and invited the right-handed batter to use his feet and smash the big shot out of the park. But he couldn’t get the ball from the middle half of the bat and lobbed it in the air before the sub-fielder, Denish Das, grabbed a good catch.

Watch Sooryavanshi's 2-wickets in four balls here-

A couple of deliveries later, Sooryavanshi went with a full delivery to left-handed batter Imliwati Lemtur, who was on four runs off two balls with a boundary. The southpaw looked to defend the ball and was wrapped on the pads.

The bowler and the entire side appealed as the umpire raised his finger to send the batter back. Sooryavanshi had figures of 2/11 in three overs at an economy rate of 3.70 as the East Zone found themselves at 102/8 on being followed on.

A quiet day with the bat — How Sooryavanshi batted in the same clash

Sooryavanshi failed with the bat in their first innings of batting at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru. He came into the competition with a strong Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season when he smashed 776 runs in 16 innings at an average of 48.50, thanks to his five fifties and one century.

Bishworjit Konthoujam went for a short delivery on the body of Sooryavanshi, who timed it into the leg side and found the gap for a boundary. The pacer followed it up with a full delivery as he threw his bat and smacked another four through the covers.

But the bowler had the last laugh as Sooryavanshi, trying to go hard for the drive on the back foot, got an outside edge into the hands of the gully fielder. He went back to the hut for eight runs.