The England all-rounder Sam Curran described Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rise to the Indian team as an “incredible story”, saying the 15-year-old has earned the attention coming his way, while hoping England can keep it quiet if he makes his international debut in the ongoing T20I series.The cricketing world has been waiting for Sooryavanshi’s India debut ever since he was selected for the UK tour after his performance for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026. Speaking to the media before the second T20I, Curran said that he had followed Sooryavanshi closely during the IPL.“I think it’s an incredible story. I’ve been watching a lot of the IPL for a month, and I was just watching this guy, he looks so easy. He’s really incredible and that’s right, he’s getting the attention he deserves.“It’s so raw and it’s just having the time of your life, isn’t it? Playing for India at 15 is such a great story and I think even as the opposition, you have to admire the skills and things like that,” said Curran.Curran believes the conditions in England could present a different challenge for the youngster.“I think England will probably be a different challenge, the pitches are very different, much slower than in India. Guys can have their plans and all that sort of thing.“So I guess we’ll have our plans, of course, but I’m not saying they’re the right plans, you never know because he’s playing really well.“But at the end of the day, I’ll try to execute my skills, but there’s no doubt that he’s pretty special for what he does,” he said.Sooryavanshi finished IPL 2026 as the highest run scorer of the tournament, scoring 776 runs at a strike rate of over 230.Curran also said that managing the attention that comes with playing for India could be Sooryavanshi’s biggest challenge.“I think being an Indian cricketer in India is probably much bigger than us. So I think that will probably be his biggest challenge, how to deal with it. He has played one or two IPL seasons and he is just in the Indian team now. I am sure he has people around him who are trying to help him.“I’m sure he’ll have ups and downs like anyone else, but as a cricketer, you’ve got to enjoy what he’s doing because he’s pretty good. At 15, I think he was just batting in Surrey boarding school.”