Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has certainly taken the cricketing world by a storm. His journey has a talented and hugely courageous cricketer who’s all of 15 years of age is rather inspiring. And he’s here to stay.
But let’s analyse the 3 reasons that sort of underline the fact as to why Vaibhav Sooryanvanshi is the best young talent out there.
Three Reasons Why Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the Best Young Talent
He bats with great intent
A great thing that often becomes a huge differentiator when batting is intent. At the end of the day, besides talent or technique, that’s the single most important factor about batting. Intent backed with a positive mindset often tends to lead to great results. And where it stands with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the little one has seen of him, that seems to be the case with him.
He’s someone who’s likely going to go for his shots, more often than not. Yes, at the highest stage of the game especially at the international level, you are required to exercise caution or restraint.
But with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, what’s mostly evident is the case of going after the bowlers. He’s someone who’s always hunting runs. It’s a manhunt at times the way he goes after the bowlers and gets on with his job.
Now, let’s ask ourselves. Had that not been the case, how would have scored 2 fifties from just 3 games and that’s when this was his maiden assignment for India as an international cricketer.
He bats with a sense of freedom
There are few batters out there who operate with almost a perpetual element of risk taking so in that regard Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is one of a rare kind. A rare and distinct quality in his batting is the very fact that there is nothing unhinged about his ball striking.
As a 15-year-old and most importantly, someone who is sure of what he is and what he wants, there’s seldom a correct in shot making that we’ve found the left hander demonstrating.
This was evident in the recently completed series against Zimbabwe where with a certain amount of surety in the way he went after the bowlers, including captain Sikandar Raza.
When you operate with that kind of freedom where you’re out there to express yourself, you undertake risks more than usual and perhaps more than your other colleagues. More often than not, batting with confidence gets your job done.
He has all the time in the world and that adds an element of courage
Sooryavanshi is so young and so unfettered by pressure that the way he operates in the game makes someone who’s a 25-year-old seem rusty and elderly. Take the example of Abhishek Sharma who has had a forgettable run in the very format of lately in which his batting partner at the other end has been excelling without much ado.
At 15 years of age, Sooryavanshi, backed with guts and talent, is out there to play his simple and rather uncomplicated brand of cricket. This involves engaging with a considerably higher amount of risky shots, which more often than not, get the job done for him.
Yes his game is largely aerial but the kind of innings that he played yesterday against Zimbabwe demonstrates that he can achieve a lot more when he spends time at the crease. That’s what the belligerent left hander did yesterday as India achieved another thumping win over Zimbabwe.
It’s not that the leftie won’t falter. He will but at his really young age, he can always pick himself up and get back at the job, again.
Isn’t it?
