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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI/IPL Photo)
NEW DELHI: Young batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was astatine his destructive champion passim IPL 2026, dispatching immoderate of the world's starring bowlers into the stands with ease.
Known for his fearless attack and explosive strokeplay, the teen consistently kept the scoreboard moving astatine a breathtaking gait portion leaving bowlers struggling to incorporate him.Sooryavanshi was named the Most Valuable Player of the tourney aft finishing arsenic the starring run-scorer with 776 runs from 16 innings astatine an mean of 48.50 and a staggering onslaught complaint of 237.30. His play included 1 period and 5 half-centuries, earning him the Orange Cap.
The Rajasthan Royals opener besides rewrote the grounds books by surpassing Chris Gayle's erstwhile IPL grounds of 59 sixes successful a season, smashing an astonishing 72 maximums during IPL 2026.Although Rajasthan Royals' run ended with a decision successful Qualifier 2, Sooryavanshi dominated the awards ceremony. He walked distant with the Most Valuable Player award, Emerging Player of the Season, Super Striker of the Season, Orange Cap, and Super Sixes of the Season honours.
After collecting aggregate awards, erstwhile India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin jokingly pointed retired that the lone grant Sooryavanshi had missed was for hitting the astir fours successful the tournament.Responding to Ashwin, Sooryavanshi revealed his ambition to excel successful the longest format of the crippled arsenic well."Yes, I volition person to play connected the crushed due to the fact that the adjacent duty is successful a one-day format. I person practised a batch with a reddish ball, but nary 1 has seen maine bash that, but they volition soon," said Sooryavanshi."People deliberation I emotion to deed each ball, but this is the T20 format, and coaches springiness maine a escaped manus to spell each guns blazing. And I deed the shot lone due to the fact that I cognize I tin deed them, and it isn't retired of compulsion," helium said."I privation to play Test cricket, obviously, due to the fact that my begetter besides taught maine that it is the eventual format, and I person played it arsenic well. I'm yet to play galore games, though. I played Ranji Trophy cricket but did not get excessively galore opportunities, and it was challenging for me.
But I americium going to support moving connected that facet of my game," helium added.Former India main selector MSK Prasad described Sooryavanshi arsenic a "super talent" and 1 of the "best successful the satellite successful T20 cricket", urging selectors to fast-track him into the nationalist broadside for the upcoming Ireland bid aboriginal this month."He is not conscionable a prodigy oregon a ace talent. He is already among the champion successful the satellite successful T20 cricket. He should beryllium accelerated tracked instantly into the Indian side.
He should beryllium picked for the Ireland bid which happens aft the India A tri bid successful Sri Lanka," Prasad told PTI."I think, it's nicely poised for him to beryllium drafted into the elder Indian team. I deliberation helium is going to flourish successful the India A tri bid successful Sri Lanka arsenic well. See, determination is nary constituent holding him back. He is going to play for India soon and helium is going to play for a agelong time," the erstwhile India wicketkeeper-batter predicted."Playing India A and past playing for India is usually the norm but playing precocious unit IPL among the champion successful the satellite is the champion mode to get into the Indian side. I deliberation the selectors are besides reasoning connected the aforesaid line. It's conscionable a substance of clip that helium volition play for India and volition play for a agelong time," helium reiterated.
