Vaibhav Sooryavanshi begins training for Duleep Trophy

India's teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has shifted his attention to red-ball cricket ahead of the domestic season. The Rajasthan Royals youngster is currently undergoing an intensive preparation programme at the franchise's High Performance Centre in Talegaon near Nagpur before the Duleep Trophy campaign.

The 15-year-old has been training at the facility since returning from India's tour of Zimbabwe last month. The Bihar cricketer is working under RR’s assistant coach and



former India batting coach Vikram Rathour. The camp is designed to prepare players for the demands of multi-day cricket, with Sooryavanshi among those expected to feature in the Duleep Trophy, which begins in Bengaluru on August 23.

Notably, Sooryavanshi has recently been named vice-captain of the East Zone side for the inter-zonal tournament. Other players attending the franchise's ongoing 10-day pre-season camp include Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Ravi Singh and Sushant Mishra.