‘Don’t Care If Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Is 15, 16 Or 14’: Ravi Shastri Gives Stunning Verdict

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is already prepared for the worldwide stage, urging selectors to fast-track the teen into India’s T20 setup following his outstanding rise over the previous few months. Sooryavanshi’s inventory has soared quickly after a sensational run within the Indian Premier League with the Rajasthan Royals, the place the left-handed opener has emerged as some of the damaging batters of the season. The teenager has accrued 440 runs in 11 innings whereas sustaining a unprecedented strike fee of 236.56, together with a tournament-leading tally of 40 sixes. His breakthrough marketing campaign has featured a wide ranging 36-ball century towards (*16*) Hyderabad, together with two further half-centuries, performances which have elevated him from a promising youth prospect to a real contender for increased honours.

Shastri, talking on The ICC Review, stated the fearless strategy proven by the teen towards skilled bowlers throughout the IPL makes him inconceivable to disregard.

“The door would be three-fourths open. I can tell you that, for sure, because if you want to encourage or get someone young and into the setup as quickly as possible, then it’s the T20 format of the game and he is not short by any margin. This guy can walk into a lot of sides in world cricket at this current moment in time. Just when you look at the exuberance of youth and that youth shows on his face,” Shastri stated on The ICC Review.

The former India captain and coach steered that India’s upcoming white-ball tour of Ireland may supply the best platform to introduce Sooryavanshi to senior worldwide cricket. If chosen, the teen would turn into the youngest participant ever to debut for India.

Shastri dismissed issues surrounding the batter’s age, insisting that his performances and temperament already point out readiness for the following stage.

“A lot of people will ask, is he 15, is he 16, is he 14? I don’t care. I just see the way he is batting at the moment and the way he’s taking on all comers twice his age or maybe two and a half times his age. It doesn’t matter to him. So I think he’s very, very much in the reckoning. And when you have tours of Ireland and all this happening now, I would be looking into him straight away,” Shastri added.

The timing of Shastri’s endorsement has solely intensified hypothesis round Sooryavanshi’s future after {the teenager} earned his maiden India A call-up earlier this week. The choice got here only a day after Shastri publicly supported him for nationwide honors, additional strengthening the narrative round his meteoric rise.

Sooryavanshi is now set to tour Sri Lanka in June as a part of a tri-series involving India A, Sri Lanka A and Afghanistan A. Strong shows throughout that task may speed up discussions a few senior India debut, significantly with selectors more and more prioritising aggressive batting choices within the T20 format.

Having already starred in India’s victorious ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup marketing campaign earlier this 12 months, Sooryavanshi’s speedy development is starting to attract comparisons with a few of the nation’s fastest-rising cricket skills in latest reminiscence.

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