2 min learnApr 29, 2026 05:07 PM IST
Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has lavished reward on Rajasthan Royals’ 15-year-old opening dynamo Vaibhav Sooryavanshi after the left-hander began off one more profitable run-chase for his crew with a lung-bursting begin for them.
Sooryavanshi put 43 runs on the scoreboard in a 16-ball onslaught that helped his crew take down Punjab Kings’ important goal of 223 which RR took down with 4 balls to spare.
“He made glorious use of the sector and picked the road superbly. The best way he strikes the ball with such ease and energy is exceptional,” Gavaskar stated on Star Sports activities. He then added, “The photographs he was hitting had been good. Even 10 fielders on the boundary wouldn’t have been sufficient. He doesn’t appear to be fazed. That, I believe, is the good thing about being so younger. You aren’t frightened about something. You don’t take a look at the opposition,”
Sooryavashi has grow to be the primary batter to achieve 400 runs this IPL and has finished so with an unimaginable strike fee of 238.09.
Gavaskar additionally spoke concerning the run chase and the way groups at the moment are taking down 220-240 run targets with ease as a result of there may be now a way of perception that these chases are potential.
“It was much like what RCB did to GT, or PBKS did to DC, once they chased 260-plus so comfortably. As soon as one crew does that, others begin believing they will do it as nicely, and that’s precisely what we’re seeing,” Gavaskar stated.
“Since then, we’ve had a number of 200-plus chases, and now even 220-plus totals are being chased with balls to spare. It exhibits how strongly groups consider that no goal, even 220 or 240, is past attain,” he added.
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Regardless of the loss, Punjab nonetheless retain their high spot on the IPL standings whereas the Royals are on third spot however are only a solitary level behind the league leaders.