Cricket | ‘He’s at Tendulkar, Kohli level — or even past’: What England fans are saying about 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi | Cricket News – Times of India

New Delhi: At 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi has the world at his toes.While commentating within the second Test of the continuing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, former India coach Ravi Shastri and ex-wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik unanimously predicted that {the teenager} is destined to play for the Indian senior group. Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, who’s the Director of Cricket at Rajasthan Royals – the franchise Suryavanshi represents within the Indian Premier League (IPL) – revealed how the teenager prodigy is already flooded with endorsement offers.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Jos Buttler, who had one of the best seat in the home when Suryavanshi smoked a 35-ball 100 in a six-fest towards Gujarat Titans in April, was floored by his bat swing and in contrast it to Yuvraj Singh and Brian Lara.

Indeed, {the teenager}, who hails from Bihar’s Samastipur district, is particular.While the Indian males’s group – led by Shubman Gill, as soon as a prodigy himself – has cornered England’s Bazballers within the ongoing 5-match Test collection, India’s girls’s group has gained a historic T20I collection towards England. And then there’s the India U19 group, who are additionally making fairly some noise on English soil.Suryavanshi performed an important function in India U19’s 3-1 collection win over England U19 within the Youth ODIs. The swashbuckling opener amassed 355 runs at a strike fee of 174 whereas smashing 27 sixes. He then scored an important second-innings half-century within the Youth Test.Daniel Peacock, a cricket analyst and statistician for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), who has been protecting the U19 collection, shares how {the teenager} has already develop into a crowd-puller.“The first time I watched him in the flesh though, I do remember a real air of excitement at Northamptonshire for the second one-dayer – more photos, more press, the BBC had even come to see him play,” Peacock tells TimesofIndia.com.“I knew I was watching a serious star talent. He hit 86 from 31 in a 40-over game [reduced due to weather], which included six fours and nine sixes [match 3 at Northants]. He got a standing ovation after pulling the pacer Sebastian Morgan to backward square leg. The PA announcer, when announcing his score after the dismissal, said: ‘I think we will be seeing a lot more of this boy play.’”

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“Then at New Road, home of Worcestershire, in a near-perfect all-round performance, he strutted comfortably to 143 off 78 balls. By the time he walked off after being caught in the deep to spin, I think everyone inside the venue had long realised they had just witnessed something really special.”In the continuing collection, there are a lot of children from either side who are tipped to play for the senior groups sooner or later. Suryavanshi is at the highest. His opening associate, Ayush Mhatre, who had a troublesome outing within the ODIs, scored a wonderful century within the Youth Test. On the other facet are Archie Vaughan and Rocky Flintoff – sons of former England captains Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff, respectively, who are touted to be the following large issues in English cricket.Suryavanshi’s IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals shared photos of fans who drove six hours simply to satisfy the teenager, and Peacock vouches for it, saying the present U19 collection is getting extra media consideration solely as a result of of him.“People are starting to make noise about him here. Cricket fans already know who he is – even if they can’t all pronounce his name. These games usually attract a few die-hards, but there’s certainly been a little extra media attention (we’ve had the likes of BBC, The Athletic, Getty, etc.), and a lot of British-Indians have come to watch Vaibhav play in the flesh for the first time,” he mentioned.“I’m sure it won’t be too long until he’s playing at the highest level – Test and international cricket. When he does make his debut and starts scoring big, everyone in the world will know who he is.”There’s already a lot of hype across the teenager, with some calling him the following Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli. But, absurdly, is it believable that he can obtain even larger issues?“The people I’ve spoken to in the game – I think we all have the same feeling. We’ve watched and witnessed a young star in the making, something very special. I would go as far as to say he’s probably the best 14-year-old in any sport that I’ve seen live. I think the sentiment in England is that we are watching a very special young boy playing cricket – and the expectancy is Tendulkar-Kohli-level, or even beyond,” mentioned Peacock.