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Vaibhav Suryavanshi continues to be in the headlines after his spectacular IPL 2026 season with Rajasthan Royals. Great captain Kapil Dev also expresses his views on young talent. The former cricketer highlighted the 15-year-old as a special talent.
As soon as the Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel named Suryavanshi in the T20 squad for the upcoming tour, it instantly became history. They will have to travel to Ireland, England and then Japan for back-to-back assignments.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a big splash in IPL 2026
IPL 2026 will be remembered for a long time because of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. As a team, Rajasthan Royals did not lift the trophy, but on the basis of individual effort, the southpaw had to step on the podium several times to pick up awards including the Orange Cap, for producing sensational innings from the beginning to the end of Rajasthan Royals’ campaign.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi finished the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) season as the Orange Cap winner, scoring 776 runs in 16 innings. The elusive season featured a blistering strike rate of 237.31 and an average of 48.50. During a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Suryavanshi scored 03 runs in just 37 balls.
Too much pressure: Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev said that Vaibhav Suryavanshi still has a long journey to go. He has a special talent but needs to keep focusing on him in the future. The former all-rounder claims that at the age of just 15, there is a lot of pressure on Suryavanshi.
“I think he is a special talent but he still has a long way to go. There is no doubt that the way he has performed in club cricket at such a young age shows his potential. He just needs to focus on himself because he has a long way to go. Right now, I think we are putting too much pressure on him,” he told news agency IANS.
Delhi: When asked about his opinion about cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi, former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev says, “I think he is a special talent, but he still has a long way to go. There is no doubt that the way he has performed in club cricket at such a young age shows his potential. He… pic.twitter.com/nEkMaSzjvK
– IANS (@ians_india) June 8, 2026
On the previous occasion, when Kapil Dev was asked to say something about the young talent, he refused to make any comment. The 67-year-old said that those who watch the batsman up close and not from the television screen are the best at assessing talent.
Kapil Dev told reporters in the first week of May this year, “I don’t know because I haven’t seen it. I’m like you guys. Whatever you put on TV, I watch it and try to make sense of it. I watch cricket on TV at home and then giving a verdict is not right. People who talk and watch everyone are better. Like Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri or Harsha Bhogle, they can understand more than me.”
Suryavanshi wants to play test for India
While fans are speculating about Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s debut match for Team India, the batsman himself has claimed that he wants to represent the national cricket team in all three formats including the Test format. According to him, he has practiced and is practicing a lot with Red, so in future he would definitely like to play in White.
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