Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image source: BCCI/IPL)
KOLKATA: Vaibhav Suryavanshi is not an ordinary 15-year-old kid. He is very different and the Rajasthan Royals sensation has the cricketing world watching him with great enthusiasm. However, Kumar Sangakkara, the Royals’ coach, wants this batting prodigy to be like any other 15-year-old.“I just want him to be that 15-year-old kid who goes out and bats the way he wants,” Sangakkara said here on Saturday. “He has to enjoy everything, whether it is a 100 off 35 balls, a 50 off 15 or a first-ball duck.”
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Sooryavanshi had his first taste of failure of the season in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, when he was bowled off the first ball he faced. The boy smiled, perhaps a little angry with himself. “You are allowed to score runs, you are allowed to fail. It is part and parcel of cricket,” was Sangakkara’s message to the youngster. “He must never lose the freedom with which he plays.”
