3 min learnApr 11, 2026 05:36 PM IST
Former India participant Mohammad Kaif had excessive praises for Rajasthan Royals’ wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi whose 78 off 26 helped RR make brief work of the 202-run goal set by Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Guwahati on Friday.
“By no means has a 15-year-old made T20 batting look really easy. The bowlers he has hit for a boundary on their first ball embrace Bumrah, Hazelwood, Bhuvi – all massive stars. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi performs cricket like it’s a online game,” Kaif stated in a tweet.
Sooryavanshi has taken on all comers this IPL season, slamming boundaries off world-class bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Josh Hazlewood. On Friday, he additionally took aside the RCB bowling lineup, taking them for 7 sixes and eight fours.
By no means has a 15-year-old made T20 batting look really easy. The bowlers he has hit for a boundary on their first ball embrace Bumrah, Hazelwood, Bhuvi – all massive stars. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi performs cricket like it’s a online game.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) April 10, 2026
The 15-year-old, who grew to become the IPL’s youngest centurion final yr together with his knock of 101 runs in opposition to Gujarat Titans, has thus far smashed 18 sixes and 18 boundaries on this IPL.
Sooryavanshi hit Hazlewood for one six and three boundaries off the 4 balls he confronted from the pacer and in addition amassed 24 runs off 9 balls from the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Earlier within the league, Sooryavanshi had hit Mumbai Indians and Indian pacer Bumrah for 2 sixes throughout his knock of 39 runs in opposition to the aspect within the Royals’ 27-run win over Mumbai.
Sooryavanshi shared how he tries to play the ball and never the bowler, although it’s on the again of his thoughts which bowler is bowling.
“Again of the thoughts, it’s there (on who’s bowling). I attempt to play the ball and never the bowler, and play my sport. My dad, my coaches, my guardian Romi sir right here, they hold telling me that the journey is lengthy, and to give attention to my course of and my sport, with out diverting my thoughts to various things,” Sooryavanshi stated to broadcasters after the Royals’ six-wicket win on Friday.