Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar set to lay path for Vaibhav Suryavanshi's India debut

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has reportedly prepared a strong roadmap regarding the international debut of highly rated young stars like Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre. BCCI's Centre of Excellence, chaired by VVS Laxman, will be hosting a bunch of high-performance camps and intra-squad matches at the end of the IPL to create an Indian team for the future, according to reports.

The senior Indian team's head coach Gautam Gambhir and the All India Men's Senior Selection Committee chief Ajit Agarkar will be kept in the loop by the age-group and junior-level coaches. The preparation for the same will begin with a few shadow tours, including the upcoming one in Sri Lanka for a few four-day matches in the island nation.

"The India Emerging side will comprise only U-25 players, and they will also constitute India A teams for shadow tours. The roadmap will be created keeping senior chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar and head coach Gautam Gambhir in the loop," a BCCI source said as reported by NDTV Sports.

"Once the IPL ends, the India U-19 and Emerging (U-25) teams will both tour Sri Lanka for four-day games. The squads will be selected based on intra-CoE tournament performances."

The richest cricket board in the world is doing so after learning lessons from the shambolic performances in Test cricket over the last couple of years, especially at home, where they lost to New Zealand and South Africa. The BCCI is fully committed to creating several youngsters, making them strong contenders to represent the Indian team in the future.

"The idea is to select 25 players after the intra-CoE tournament, and this core group of cricketers will represent both the Emerging side and India A on shadow tours. The BCCI brass and Team India management are quite clear – even for the U-19s, the focus over the next year has to be on red-ball cricket," the source said.

Currently, players like Suryavanshi and Mhatre are busy playing for their respective franchises in the Indian Premier League 2026. The duo have been highly impressive, and a few cricket pundits and the fans on social media have asked for their Indian team call-up as soon as possible.