Kumar Sangakkara Hails Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's Fearless Approach
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been creating waves in the cricket world. At the age of 15, he has done things which no other player did at this age. Even Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan legend, talked about his fearless approach and confidence in the game.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the best batsman in the Indian Premier League 2026 season. The 15 year old talent outclassed players such as Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Abhishek Sharma, and many more. While opening for Rajasthan Royals, he never looked at who the bowler was.
He just had to smash the bowlers all around to ground and give Rajasthan Royals a blazing start. Kumar Sangakkara, the Head Coach of the team, was also left impressed by his performances. Recently, Sangakkara talked about Vaibhav and his confidence in an interview.
The Sri Lankan legend said, “When we were chasing 220 Vs LSG this year, Vaibhav walked out and winked at me and says, 'Coach, don't worry. It's done'. He tells Donovan Ferreira and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 'Listen, I'm going to hit 13 sixes, once I do it, you just do the rest'. He hit 10 sixes and when he was on 5 sixes, Donovan and Pretorius thought, 'What is he talking about? We better start counting this down because this kid is actually going to do it'. That is the level of confidence a 15 year old has.”
Our Take
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already built a lot of confidence in the game at such a young age. Even though he is 15, he has done a lot to impress even those who have more than 15 years of experience. It still remains to be seen when he would be making his debut for the Indian team, as he missed out on the first T20I against Ireland.