Overview
- The Stick to Cricket podcast panel, released Thursday, featured Michael Vaughan, Alastair Cook and Phil Tufnell praising Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s power and joking he could be “burnt out by 21.”
- Vaughan said the teenager already owns two of the three fastest IPL hundreds and is closing on Chris Gayle’s 30-ball record while racing toward Abhishek Sharma’s single-season Indian sixes mark of 42.
- This season the Rajasthan Royals left-hander has 404 runs in 10 matches at a strike rate near 238, including a 36-ball century, underscoring why he is a headline act in IPL 2026.
- News reports say selectors are weighing him for India’s T20Is in Ireland next month, with Ian Bishop naming him among preferred opening options, though no call-up has been confirmed.
- Rivals to the hype urge care, as RR’s Zubin Bharucha calls him “generational” and Michael Clarke compares the buzz to a young Tendulkar yet stresses he is T20-ready now and needs time and red-ball development.