Sooryavanshi a 'liability in the field'? Manjrekar flags RR

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has emerged arsenic 1 of the brightest young stars of IPL 2026, scoring an awesome 440 runs successful conscionable 11 innings astatine the property of 15. While his fearless batting has grabbed attraction crossed the tournament, erstwhile India batter Sanjay Manjrekar believes determination is simply a increasing interest astir however the youngster is being utilised by the franchise.Sooryavanshi has mostly been utilized arsenic an Impact Player, coming successful chiefly arsenic a batter and seldom taking the field. Manjrekar feels this could hamper the youngster’s wide improvement arsenic a cricketer, stressing that fielding is an arsenic important portion of the game.“I’m progressively feeling that the Impact Player regularisation should beryllium reconsidered for this crushed arsenic well. Is this each we privation to spot from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, conscionable 1 broadside of his game? A cricketer is idiosyncratic who bats good and fields good too,” Manjrekar said connected the Sportstar Insight Edge Podcast.

He explained that earlier generations of players were judged connected each aspects of their game, not conscionable batting ability. “We respected players similar Inzamam-ul-Haq for their batting, but we besides saw their fielding and different aspects of their game. That helped radical decently measure a player. Right now, idiosyncratic tin travel in, look a fewer balls, show their hitting ability, and past vanish without showing the different broadside of their cricket,” helium added.

Manjrekar further argued that young players should besides acquisition unit situations successful the field, including dealing with mistakes and learning from them.“We are not expecting to spot each 3 dimensions of a player. But the much I deliberation of it, it each makes sense, and you're right, Sooryavanshi, you privation to spot him beryllium connected the tract and spot what happens and beryllium enactment nether unit arsenic well. If helium is simply a large batter, but a flimsy liability successful the field, I'd similar to spot that exploited.

That is besides thing we person experienced arsenic fielders erstwhile we driblet a drawback astatine the hostility that comes with it, which is going to beryllium batting and chilling.

You don't privation 1 of the highest benignant of levels of the athletics to beryllium that easy,” helium added.The erstwhile India batter besides pointed retired that planetary cricket demands implicit cricketers alternatively than specialists who lone lend successful 1 discipline. According to him, the Royals whitethorn unintentionally beryllium limiting Sooryavanshi’s maturation by utilizing him lone arsenic an Impact Player.“Absolutely (Is having him play arsenic an interaction subordinate hampering his maturation arsenic a fielder). And that is an contented that's going to beryllium there. India won the T20 World Cup contempt the interaction subordinate regularisation being there, contempt a feline similar Shivam Dube not bowling astatine all, but inactive doing good successful the T20 World Cup. So things are happening. But I judge that a cricketer, not somebody, volition conscionable travel successful and tuck, tuck, tuck, past instrumentality a interruption and bask life.

I conscionable wanted to go a small much investigating for each player, not conscionable if helium is simply a bully bowler, bowls his 4 overs, I'd similar to spot him successful the tract arsenic well,” Manjrekar concluded.