{"id":503334,"date":"2026-03-30T11:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:29:10","slug":"vaibhav-sooryavanshi-can-the-bindaas-star-avoid-second-season-blues-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503334\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Can the \u2018bindaas\u2019 star avoid second-season blues? | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"VaibhavRajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans, in Jaipur. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Vinayak Samant<\/a> is among the many whose jaw dropped when he saw the teenage prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi bat for the first time. The former Bihar Ranji coach couldn\u2019t believe what he was witnessing.\u201cVaibhav is extraordinary,\u201d Vinayak Samant tells TimesofIndia.com. <\/p>\n

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Greenstone Lobo predicts IPL 2026 winner\u201cWhat I love about him is his bindaas (carefree) attitude. This boy is just not scared. What caught my eye was him not playing cross-batted shots at all. It was refreshing to see,\u201d he recalls.Vaibhav\u2019s \u201cbindaas\u201d attitude is reflected in his six-hitting. Recently, Sanju Samson<\/a>, at the Naman Awards, spoke about the teenager\u2019s approach while interacting with former Rajasthan Royals<\/a> coach Rahul Dravid.\u201cI meant I was there in the meeting. So, Rahul Sir invited him to the room. Sir said, \u2018Sanju, we need to talk to him. He\u2019s a very young kid, we have to tell him how to go about it\u2019,\u201d Samson said at the Naman Awards in New Delhi.\"Vaibhav<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (PTI Photo)<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Rahul Sir asked him, \u2018Vaibhav, what\u2019s the plan?\u2019 Vaibhav said, \u2018Kuch nahi Sir, hum to khelenge (There\u2019s nothing special, Sir. I\u2019ll just play).\u2019 Dravid asked, \u2018What\u2019s your game plan?\u2019\u201cVaibhav said, \u2018Agar hume pehle mila to hum pehla hi uda denge (If I get the first ball in my zone, I\u2019ll take the aerial route).\u2019 That\u2019s exactly what he did. He\u2019s playing a video game of his own,\u201d Samson added.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi burst onto the IPL scene last season, smashing 24 sixes in just 122 balls. In seven matches, he racked up 252 runs at a crazy strike rate of 206.55. Since then, he has been on a roll for India U-19, hammering centuries in England and Australia, including clutch knocks in the U-19 World Cup semi-final and final.<\/p>\n

The strategy against him will be to bowl yorkers on middle and leg, bouncers on the off stump and slower ones away from him<\/p>\n

Vinayak Samant | Former Bihar coach<\/p>\n

The big names have already tagged him a \u201cprodigy\u201d, but second-season blues have hit many young stars before. The real question now is, can Vaibhav keep the fire going?\u201cOpponents will work on his weaker zones. It won\u2019t be easy for him, but knowing him, he won\u2019t flinch,\u201d chuckles Samant.\u201cThe strategy against him will be to bowl yorkers on middle and leg, bouncers on the off stump and slower ones away from him. Don\u2019t bowl in his arc, or it will go out of the park. His hand-eye coordination is so gifted, and I have never seen anyone pick the length so early,\u201d he adds.\"Vaibhav<\/p>\n

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Photo by @BCCI on X) <\/p>\n

Last year, Vaibhav smashed a 35-ball hundred, the second-fastest after Chris Gayle in the IPL. Now, he has set his sights on breaking the Jamaican\u2019s record of 175, the highest in the league.The fearless approach has brought Vaibhav a lot of fame, but Samant feels it will take him a few years to mature.\u201cHe is a kid now. Right now, he should just enjoy his cricket. He knows how to win matches for the team, but in a year or two, he will become more mature. The more first-class cricket he plays, the better cricketer he will become,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

He is never scared to play any shot. The margin of error, if you are bowling to him, is very small. And he bats in the powerplay<\/p>\n

Vinayak Smant on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi<\/p>\n

But Samant says T20 is Vaibhav\u2019s territory and believes the youngster can break all records.\u201cHe is never scared to play any shot. The margin of error, if you are bowling to him, is very small. And he bats in the powerplay. He can hit sixes at will,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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How do you feel about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s fearless batting style?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has his own way of showing temperament, which I find very unique. His ability to play as per the merit of the ball is second to none. He is a power-hitter, but he can also play along the ground very well. He cuts, pulls, drives, sweeps and slog-sweeps. He has got all the shots in his arsenal,\u201d he adds.Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is young, unfazed and looks set to torment bowlers for years. At 15, he is already a role model for many. But from Monday evening, he will enter his second IPL season. This time, he won\u2019t be a newcomer. Will the youngster step up and silence the naysayers? Only time will tell, but those in the know at Rajasthan Royals believe he has the licence to dominate. Opponent bowlers and coaches may need to fasten their seatbelts, because the Sooryavanshi wave is here to stay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Rajasthan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[176620,1721,17779,6970,6975,176619,101,24788,176621,40272,56,54,55,108942,176618],"class_list":["post-503334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-chris-gayle-record","tag-cricket","tag-ipl","tag-rajasthan-royals","tag-sanju-samson","tag-second-season-blues","tag-sports","tag-t20-cricket","tag-teenage-cricket-prodigy","tag-u-19-world-cup","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vaibhav-sooryavanshi","tag-vinayak-samant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}