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Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has opened up about his bowling spell in East Zone’s opening Duleep Trophy 2026 match, saying he always enjoys bowling and joking that captain Ishan Kishan did not know he was a “wicket-taker. The left-arm spinner took two wickets in a three-over spell as East Zone completed an innings and 210-run win on Tuesday. East Zone have qualified for the Duleep Trophy semi-finals and will face South Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 2 in Bengaluru. The match starts at 9:30am on Sunday, while the final begins on September 6.
Because east Zone needed a breakthrough, but added that the captain did not know what he was capable of with the ball, the teenager said Kishan brought him into the attack. Sooryavanshi, who was named East Zone vice-captain for the tournament, made an impact with the ball in the second innings against North East Zone. “Opponent team’s wickets weren’t falling, so I was asked to bowl two or three overs. Ishan bhaiya felt like he was taking a risk, but he didn’t knew that I am a wicket-taker,” he added.