‘Future captain maybe?’: Ishan Kishan’s banter with 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi goes viral – WATCH

Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI Domestic) NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shared a fun moment after East Zone’s memorable Duleep Trophy 2026/27 triumph. Kishan, who captained East Zone in the final against South Zone, had a slight argument with his 15-year-old deputy over who should get the credit for the successful DRS calls during the match.Kishan had a memorable final, scoring over 350 runs in two innings, including an amazing 270 in the first innings, and was named man of the match.

“Vaibhav is the one!”

Kishan jokingly claimed that Sooryavanshi took all the credit for the DRS calls even though it was the captain who was initially going to take the reviews.“Yeh sab review mein le hi hi liya hai hai hai everywhere. Although the main brat waala tha review, but aake mast bol deta tha main aapke paas aa jaata hu. Phir toh internet will be like: Vaibhav! My God! Vaibhav is the one! Toh haha bohot haha achche se he is happy (Everywhere he took all the credit for the review. Even when I was about to take the review, he came and said it so confidently: ‘I will come to you’. Then the internet will be like: Vaibhav!), Kishan said in a video posted on BCCI’s social media.Sooryavanshi quickly replied.“When we left the field, who took the reviews then? Tell us too!)”Kishan then praised the teenager’s leadership qualities and hinted that Sooryavanshi could have a bright future as captain.“Haan, it was Vaibhav himself! Yes. Maybe a future captain? We’ll see how it goes. But it’s very good to have him in the team because more than a very good player, he’s a very nice guy who cares for everyone in the team, junior or senior.”Kishan then jokingly corrected himself by talking about Sooryavanshi being a junior.“Ahha, junior toh tu hi hua (Ah, you’re not a junior now), sorry, sorry. That’s one quality I love about him. Hopefully he’ll be more dangerous than he is today.”“I think it won’t be his first or his last. I think he’ll play a lot more like this and continue to perform the way he’s doing now,” he said.

Sooryavanshi praises Kishan’s knock

Sooryavanshi also spoke about the fun atmosphere in the East Zone camp and praised Kishan for his outstanding batting performance in the final.“The way we were off the field and the way we were enjoying it inside was a lot of fun. The way he batted in the final was unbelievable. I can’t say enough about it.”“I think the game changed from there and as a captain a lot of people watched him and played under him for a long time. It was a lot of fun playing under his captaincy. We enjoyed it a lot.”

‘The most important thing is to enjoy it’

Kishan ended the exchange by emphasizing the importance of enjoying the game as a team.“The most important thing is to enjoy. The result is not in our hands, but to enjoy it as a team is very important. Sorry, the result is in our hands, but it is very important to enjoy it.”