‘Never been so fearful of a 15-year-old’
3 min readMay 2, 2026 04:07 PM IST New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson has admitted he was genuinely terrified of a 15-year-old, something he says has never happened to him before in his cricket career. The teenager in question is Rajasthan Royals’ teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who has taken the IPL by storm since his debut last year. However, in Friday’s match against Delhi Capitals, Sooryavanshi couldn’t replicate his heroics. He was cleaned up by a snorter from Jamieson for just 4 runs in the second over. What followed the dismissal made headlines as Jamieson celebrated aggressively, clapping loudly and staring intently at the young batter in a fiery send-off that many deemed excessive for a contest with a 15-year-old. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so fearful of a 15-year-old kid in my life,” Jamieson admitted. “But yeah, we have obviously done a little bit of planning leading into the game, and it was just nice that it paid off,” he said in a video released by IPL. Jamieson’s in-your-face aggression, however, came at …