Much of the attentionin the final will be on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The 15-year-old has already become one of the most talked-about young cricketers in the cricketing world after a remarkable IPL 2026 season and a call-up to India’s senior T20I squad.
However, his tour of Sri Lanka has been a different challenge altogether. Dambulla’s slow surfaces have not allowed him to dominate attacks the way he did during the IPL. In four innings, he has scored 14, 44, 21 and 38. Those numbers suggest promise but not the big innings many expected. The final presents another opportunity for the teenager to showcase his talent. Alongside questions about his batting, there will also be interest in how he responds after the heated incident involving Sri Lanka’s Vishen Halambage during the teams’ previous meeting.
