IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryvanshi did something against the Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday in the Eliminator round, which made him a superstar overnight. He played a sensational match-winning knock for his franchise and took his team into Qualifier 2 single-handedly. Vaibhav targeted each and every bowler of SRH one by one, and especially the way he batted against the Skipper Pat Cummins was just remarkable after the RR win. Vaibhav humbled and opened up about Sachin Tendulkar’s appreciation.
God Praised the 15-year-old Boy
Vaibhav Sooryavanhi played a beautiful knock and took him to the Qualifier 2, He smashed 97 runs on 29 balls, including 5 boundaries and 12 sixes, and with a deadly strike rate of 332.89. After Sooryavanshi’s match-winning innings, the God of cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, praised Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s innings and said, “ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s bat swing has been outstanding. What’s more beautiful is how he clears a space between his legs and makes room to clear the shot. Freedom allows him to play the way he bats.”
Sooryavanshi opened up on God’s appreciation
During an interview, uploaded by BCCI Vaibhav Sooryavanshi said Tendulkar appreciation felt quite special and motivating. He also added initially he was totally unaware of his tweets, and when he got to know about that, he described it was a great honour for him to get such appreciation from the God of Cricket.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in IPL 2026
The 15 year old boy has broken the almighty record of Chris Gayle. Yesterday against SRH, Vaibhav broke Chris Gayle’s record of hitting the most sixes in a single IPL season, which was 59. Now, Vaibhav holds the record of hitting the most sixes worldwide in T20 cricket. In this season, out of 15 innings, he played with the help of 4 half-centuries and One century. His best score is 103 runs.
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