... | 🕐 --:--
-- -- --
عاجل
⚡ عاجل: كريستيانو رونالدو يُتوّج كأفضل لاعب كرة قدم في العالم ⚡ أخبار عاجلة تتابعونها لحظة بلحظة على خبر ⚡ تابعوا آخر المستجدات والأحداث من حول العالم
⌘K
AI مباشر
329311 مقال 217 مصدر نشط 38 قناة مباشرة 5411 خبر اليوم
آخر تحديث: منذ ثانية

Is 15-year-old IPL wonderkid ready to play for India?

رياضة
BBC Sport
2026/05/07 - 05:59 501 مشاهدة
Is 15-year-old IPL wonderkid ready to play for India?Image source, ReutersImage caption, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has scored 404 runs with a strike-rate of 237.64 at this year's IPLByMatthew HenryBBC Sport JournalistPublished31 minutes ago2 CommentsFew have had a better view of the development of cricket's 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi than former England all-rounder Mike Yardy.Yardy was in the opposing dugout when Sooryavanshi, then aged 12, played for India against England in an under-19 series.He was coach once more when the precocious left-hander toured England last summer - Sooryavanshi scored 143 in the fourth 50-over match in Worcester - and again when the teenager hammered an incredible 175 from 80 balls against England in the Under-19 World Cup final in February.So, has he spotted a weakness?"Not really, no," Yardy tells BBC Sport.Yardy's tongue is slightly in his cheek - but that is a question now facing the world game.A batter not old enough to leave school in many corners of the globe, who used to travel three hours to the nearest major city for coaching at the age of eight, is currently taking down the very best bowlers around."The talent he has got, I don't know what to predict because I have never seen anything quite like it," Yardy says.A 'unique' bat swing - what makes Sooryavanshi so good?Any suggestion the 12 months of white-ball success leading to the Under-19 World Cup final knock were some sort of fluke for Sooryavanshi has been banished at this year's Indian Premier League.Rajasthan Royals' opener followed his 35-ball century as a 14-year-old in last year's tournament - one which made him the youngest centurion in men's T20s - with a 36-ball century against Pat Cummins' Sunrisers Hyderabad two weeks ago.The speed of those two tons has only been beaten by West Indies' T20 legend Chris Gayle in the IPL.Like Gayle, Sooryavanshi's innings are built on bru...
مشاركة:

مقالات ذات صلة

AI
يا هلا! اسألني أي شي 🎤