Overview
- Jitesh Sharma, who spoke on an RCB podcast Sunday, said his “unprofessional” line was friendly banter about Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s off-field youth and urged people to let the 15-year-old enjoy being a child.
- Kapil Dev declined Sunday to judge the teenager’s rise, saying he does not track every game closely and that regular commentators such as Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Harsha Bhogle are better placed to assess him.
- Former Australia captain Aaron Finch said Sooryavanshi could be an impact player in Tests and floated a middle-order role against an older ball, citing the kind of game-changing threat Rishabh Pant provides.
- Sooryavanshi has 404 runs in 10 IPL 2026 matches at a strike rate near 238, reaching 400 faster than anyone this season and leading the league in sixes. Reports hint at a possible T20I call-up, though nothing is confirmed.
- Analysts are drafting plans to curb him and even LiveMint tested ChatGPT, which advised mixing hard lengths, body-line short balls and wide yorkers, plus a powerplay setup to choke width and then spring a full straight yorker.