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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's puerility manager Manish Ojha describes his ward arsenic a "God's child" and credits destiny and divine guidance for bringing the youngster to his academy."A mates of years ago, I thanked Vaibhav's begetter (Sanjeev Sooryavanshi) for bringing the kid to me.
Ispe bhagwaan ka haath hai (He is God's child). It is due to the fact that of him that I got recognition, different who gives 2 cents astir a cricket manager successful Bihar?," an affectional Manish tells TimesofIndia.com aft the 15-year-old received his maiden India call-up for the Ireland and England series.
"Sab Bhagwaan ki kripa hai (God has been kind). The kid is immensely talented and has worked hard. Credit to his begetter arsenic well," helium says.Riding connected a sensational IPL 2026 campaign, the 15-year-old from Bihar volition present don the bluish jersey."When we speech astir Bihar, we ever speech astir our past, from the Maurya Empire, Gupta Empire, Buddhism, Jainism, Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Yatra oregon the JP Movement. In modern times, it has often been successful the quality for each the notorious things. This teen is not lone hitting sixes but besides smashing those stigmas associated with Bihar retired of the park.
Imagine Sachin Tendulkar calling him 'truly special' oregon Virat Kohli telling Vaibhav, 'Ek Bihari, sab pe bhari, phir khatam game.
' What Vaibhav has managed to execute successful the past fewer months is phenomenal," says Ojha.Sooryavanshi smashed 776 runs successful 16 innings astatine a onslaught complaint of 237.30. He besides deed a record-breaking 72 sixes during a play that saw him narrowly miss retired connected the fastest period successful IPL history.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi bagged the Orange Cap successful IPL 2026. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
"He is simply a big-match player. We person seen that successful the IPL playoffs.
In the U-19 World Cup final, helium again played a scintillating knock. It is simply a large telephone by the selectors to prime him. And this is conscionable the beginning. He volition execute a batch more," says Ojha.Ojha says his ward is simply a "quick learner". According to him, the mentation earlier each crippled helps Sooryavanshi play his assertive marque of cricket and instrumentality connected the champion bowlers without fear."He prepares successful his ain way. It's not that helium sits with video analysts, but helium does his homework," says Ojha.This conscientious attack and unshakeable temperament led the selectors to sanction the explosive Sooryavanshi successful the squad for the upcoming T20I bid against Ireland and England.

File photograph of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. (AP)
Sooryavanshi has not lone caught the attraction of greats similar Tendulkar and Kohli, but India's Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill has besides been effusive successful his praise for the teenager. In a near-solo effort, Sooryavanshi astir dragged Rajasthan Royals into the IPL 2026 final.
In the Eliminator, helium smashed a 29-ball 97 against Sunrisers Hyderabad and past followed it up with a 47-ball 96 against Gill's Gujarat Titans."I deliberation he's had a singular season. I've not seen anyone bat the mode helium bats and, successful this format, helium is astir apt 1 of the champion batters successful the satellite close now," Gill had said aft Qualifier 2 successful Mullanpur."It is singular to ticker his batting, not conscionable the hitting but besides his biomechanics and manus speed.
He didn't get disconnected to a flyer successful Qualifier 2, but the mode helium managed to travel backmost into the crippled and kept putting america nether unit tells you astir the mindset helium has. I think, successful the years to come, the absorption helium plays against is going to person a pugnacious clip against him," Gill had said.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL)
But with each the praise comes work and scrutiny. Questions person already been raised astir whether helium tin win successful Test cricket. Even his begetter has acceptable lofty goals for his son."Jab tak Test na khele, kya bada cricketer (Till the clip helium does not play Tests, I won't see him a large cricketer)," Sanjeev had told this website aft Sooryavanshi's heroics successful the U-19 World Cup.For now, though, the absorption is connected the adjacent measurement of a travel moving astatine a breathtaking pace. From a tiny municipality successful Bihar to IPL superstardom and present an India call-up astatine conscionable 15, Sooryavanshi has already shattered expectations. The situation up volition beryllium to person bonzer committedness into lasting greatness, but if his manager is to beryllium believed, this is lone the opening of a overmuch larger story.
