‘We didn’t have even 10% of what Vaibhav Suryavanshi has at 14’ – Venkatesh Iyer backs batting prodigy as India’s subsequent huge T20 star [Exclusive]

Venkatesh Iyer hailed 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi as the subsequent huge T20 sensation for India. Iyer famous that at 14, most children within the nation don’t possess even a fraction of the expertise that Suryavanshi shows. Iyer famous that his reward for Suryavanshi was not simply due to his younger age, but in addition for his extraordinary means to strike the ball with ease and preserve a excessive strike fee.

Suryavanshi’s rise in cricket has been meteoric. At simply 13, he grew to become the youngest participant to be picked within the IPL public sale, securing a take care of Rajasthan Royals (RR) value INR 1.1 crore. His IPL debut got here towards Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG), the place he smashed Shardul Thakur for a most on his first supply and ended the innings with a quickfire 34 off 20 balls.

The left-handed prodigy quickly etched his identify in historical past. At 14, he grew to become the youngest centurion in males’s T20 cricket, scoring 101 off simply 38 balls for RR towards Gujarat Titans (GT) in Jaipur throughout IPL 2025. His century, coming off 35 balls, was the second quickest in IPL historical past and featured a number of information in a single innings.

Suryavanshi has additionally showcased his expertise on the worldwide youth stage. Representing India Underneath-19, he scored a 58-ball century in a four-day match towards Australia Underneath-19. Moreover, he boasts a triple-century to his identify, an unbeaten 332 within the Randhir Verma Event, a U-19 competitors in Bihar.

Take a look at excerpt from the unique interview:

Which younger Indian batter do you imagine is primed to turn out to be the subsequent huge T20 participant, and why? 

I may say Angkrish Raghuvanshi. However it is rather tough to not say Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The entire world is aware of that there’s a 14-year-old prodigy who hits sixes for enjoyable. I do not need to jinx that. I really feel he’s far more gifted than 90% [of] folks on this nation who have been 14. 

Once we have been all 14, we didn’t have even 10% of the expertise that he has. So, I feel Vaibhav Suryavanshi is somebody who I really feel may be the subsequent huge factor for Indian cricket. And I simply do not say this as a result of he has plenty of time on his palms. However for the pure means to strike the ball, which he has.

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