Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was made the vice-captain of the East Zone team for the Duleep Trophy, on which Harsha Bhogle raised a big question.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Harsha Bhogle on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been named the vice-captain of East Zone for the 2026 Duleep Trophy. The team was announced last Wednesday (July 30), with Ishan Kishan taking the captaincy and Suryavanshi as his deputy. Renowned commentator Harsha Bhogle expressed surprise at this development, saying Vaibhav is still in his early stages.

Vaibhav was recently seen playing in the T20 series played on the Zimbabwe tour. Vaibhav was the highest run-scorer in the series. He scored 151 runs in three matches, for which he was awarded the Player of the Match award. Vaibhav made his international debut on July 4th in the T20I against England.

Previously, Vaibhav was impressive in IPL 2026. He won the Orange Cap for scoring the most runs in the season. Vaibhav, who has consistently made a splash in white-ball cricket, hasn't had a particularly impressive red-ball record so far, a point Harsha Bhogle also highlighted. The team boasts Indian players like Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, and Shahbaz Ahmed.

What did Harsha Bhogle say on Vaibhav Suryavanshi becoming the vice-captain?

On Vaibhav being appointed as the vice-captain of East Zone for the Duleep Trophy, played in the red-ball format, Harsha Bhogle wrote on social media, "I wonder what the thinking behind making Suryavanshi the vice-captain of the senior red-ball team is. He has scored 207 runs in 12 innings at an average of 17.25. His talent is tremendous, but there is a learning process, and he is still in the early stages of it in red-ball cricket."

East Zone squad

Ishan Kishan (Captain), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, Mohammed Shami, Mukesh Kumar, Kumar Kushagra, Shikhar Mohan, Anukul Roy, Virat Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Vice-Captain), Danish Das, Abhijit Sarkar.