‘Don’t count Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s age’: Shikhar Dhawan’s bold India debut statement
Shikhar Dhawan champions young Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, emphasizing performance over age. Dhawan lauded the teenager's fearless batting against top bowlers, a rarity at his age. Sooryavanshi's impressive IPL 2026 stats, including 400 runs at a 238.
10 strike rate and 37 sixes, back Dhawan's praise. However, Dhawan acknowledges the challenge of breaking into India's strong top order.
Former India opener Shikhar Dhawan has thrown his weight behind teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, insisting that performances at the highest level should matter more than age. Dhawan was full of praise for the youngster’s fearless approach, especially against top-quality bowlers, highlighting how rare such confidence is at such an early stage. "If Vaibhav is doing brilliantly at the senior level then that has to be counted and not his age.
Yes he is a kid but its astonishing the way he hits Bumrah and Arshdeep for such huge sixes,” Dhawan said in an interview to PTI. "A lot of big guns haven't done what he has at such small age. Obviously his time will come.
It's bound to come. " Sooryavanshi has backed that praise with numbers in IPL 2026. He has scored 400 runs at a staggering strike rate of 238.