India’s spin bowling coach Sairaj Bahutule said the India A coaches need to explain certain things to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after fight with Sri Lanka A players. Sooryavanshi, who has hogged the limelight in the last two months for his pyrotechnics in IPL 2026, was involved in an altercation with Vishen Halambage.

After Sri Lanka A won the Super Over, the home team players celebrated aggressively in front of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Suryansh Shedge. During the customary post-match handshake, Halambage reportedly told Sooryavanshi. “Go home. This is not the IPL.”

Sooryavanshi then lost his cool and shoved the Sri Lankan all-rounder, forcing the other players to come in between to stop the fight.

“It was unfortunate, but I’m sure there are experienced coaches there who will explain things to him (Vaibhav). I think the Sri Lankan (A) players should also be educated in terms of how we need to behave, and the same goes for us (India A),” Bahutule told reporters in Lucknow.

According to Cricbuzz, senior Sri Lanka A players discussed the matter in the dressing room after the match and have reached out to India A and Sooryavanshi, showing their regret over the incident.

Meanwhile, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Devajit Saikia has confirmed they will not take any action against Sooryavanshi.

“We will let our players concentrate on the tournament, and they should not be distracted by any collateral issues,” Saikia told Sportstar.

Sooryavanshi breached Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct since he made ‘inappropriate physical contact with a player, player support personnel, umpire, match referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an international match.’

Sooryavanshi has been fined 50% of his match-fee and was handed two demerit points for his aggressive action.