Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s India debut: Full list of young debutants for India in international cricket

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was handed his India T20I debut ahead of the second T20I against England in Manchester on Saturday.

Sooryavanshi’s inclusion in the playing XI for India’s second T20I against England in Manchester marks a generational shift in Indian cricket. He comfortably supplants the legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s iconic men’s 37-year-old men’s record from 1989, slotting directly into second place on the all-time Indian debutants list behind Gargi Banerjee, who made her Test debut at 14 years, 165 days.

It highlights a decades-long cricketing disparity: five of India’s six earliest international debuts were women cricketers.

Here is a list of the youngest debutants for India across all formats:

List of youngest debutants for India in all formats (Men and Women):

• Gargi Banerjee (Women) – 14 years, 165 days – Test
• Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Men) – 15 years, 99 days – T20I
• Shubhangi Kulkarni (Women) – 15 years, 231 days – Test
• Shafali Verma (Women) – 15 years, 239 days – T20I
• Sharmila Chakraborty (Women) – 15 years, 241 days – Test
• Rajani Venugopal (Women) – 15 years, 283 days – Test
• Sachin Tendulkar (Men)- 16 years, 205 days – Test
• Nisha Barve (Women) – 16 years, 184 days – ODI
• Piyush Chawla (Men) – 17 years, 75 days – Test
• Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (Men) – 17 years, 118 days – Test

Published on Jul 04, 2026