Splendor
In the Indian Premier League 2025, only 14 -year -old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is performing a bang, has created a stir in the cricket world. While playing for Rajasthan Royals, he held a record of scoring the fastest Indian century in IPL history by scoring a century in just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans. His brilliant innings also surprised veteran Australian cricketer Steve Waugh. However, Steve Waugh praised Suryavanshi and also warned him. He said that even though there is no pressure at such a young age, the challenges will increase in the coming times and the most important for them will be to maintain control of your game. Waugh said that at the age of 14, Vaibhav is playing without pressure, but in the future he would have to learn to maintain balance with his rhythm and freedom.
There will be pressure of expectations on splendor
Steve Waugh while interacting with Anil Kumble, Matthew Hayden and Robin Uthappa in the Australian Summer of Cricket 2025-26, the Government of Australia and Australia, organized by Jio Star, said that Suryavanshi, who has gained more than one crore IPL agreement, would be a millionaire before the age of 16 and there will be a lot of pressure on them.
Nobody like Sachin
He also said that every emerging batsman in India is compared to Sachin Tendulkar, but it is very difficult to meet a player like Tendulkar again. Waugh said that Sachin had scored a century on Perth’s fast and bouncy pitch at the age of 18, which is one of the most memorable innings in cricket history so far. Vaibhav also has talent, but it is too early to compare him to Sachin. Steve Waugh also admitted that he usually does not watch the IPL, but if a talent like Vaibhav emerges, then he definitely wants to see it.
In IPL 2025, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 252 runs in 7 matches by Rajasthan Royals at an average of 36 and a brilliant strike rate of more than 200. He was the 5th highest run -scorer for Rajasthan Royals this season.
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