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Kapil Dev on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Kapil Dev on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

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4 min readJun 24, 2026 07:48 AM IST With the Indian team including Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reaching Ireland for the upcoming T20 series against the hosts starting Friday, all the spotlight has been on the 15-year-old batting prodigy. The Bihar cricketer, who was selected for the Indian T20 team for the Ireland and England Tour as well India’s Asian Games squad, is expected to break Sachin Tendulkar’s long-held record of being the youngest to play for India at the age of 16 years and 205 days, with his debut for India during the tour. 1983 World Cup winning Indian captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev, who was player of the match in the game in which Tendulkar had made his debut in 1989, has lauded Sooryavanshi but said that he is still too young and it may be too early to make a well-rounded assessment of him. “Vaibhav is too young. But yes he is a special talent and full stop. He is a 16-year-old kid and everything he has is only cricket. Once he reaches 20-22, …

In Messi’s second goal & Sachin’s googly to Moin, an insight into genius minds

In Messi’s second goal & Sachin’s googly to Moin, an insight into genius minds

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Even in the least flashy goal of his World Cup hat-trick, Lionel Messi’s genius was quietly at work. All one needed to do was look closely. At first glance, his second goal comes across as a plain vanilla poacher’s strike — an easy tap-in from a few metres with the goalkeeper out of position. It is only on a second look, ideally in slow motion, that the layer of intrigue is unearthed in this seemingly open-and-shut goal. On the frame of the goalkeeper sprawled on the ground, after his futile full-length desperate dive to his right, helplessly watching the ball pass him by on his left, was the smooth cursive Messi signature. The Argentine great could have easily scored by going to the right of the goalkeeper – clearly the best option, as he only had to swing his right foot and hook the ball. He could have even tried the fancier, and often-used, alternative of chipping the ball over the goalie. But Messi, as usual, took the less travelled path — pushing the ball …

Former opener says Gill-Rohit partnership is ‘Greatest pair in ODI cricket’

Former opener says Gill-Rohit partnership is ‘Greatest pair in ODI cricket’

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2 min readJun 12, 2026 02:34 PM IST Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma have dovetailed pretty well at the top of the order. While Rohit has been more aggressive with his batting, Gill played the second fiddle in the initial overs but went on to make consistent scores and anchor the middle overs, becoming a reliable batter. Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra lauded the pairing. “Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma’s opening partnership, it is right now the greatest pair in ODI cricket. We are talking about more than 2,000 runs. I am looking at the average. Theirs is 63.8, Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy had an average of 58.4, Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes had an average of 52.6, and Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar had an average of 49.3,” the former India opener said. “They have scored 2,360 runs, and have 14 fifty-plus stands and seven century partnerships. So, this is the modern-day best opening combination in terms of the average. That actually is a good story,” he added. “Rohit Sharma is only six …

Kapil Dev warns against expecting too much too soon from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

Kapil Dev warns against expecting too much too soon from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

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3 min readJun 8, 2026 06:41 PM IST Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is the toast of the town, with the teenager becoming the youngest to earn a call-up to the senior Indian men’s cricket team after a record-breaking season in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL). The achievement itself followed him powering India to victory in the U19 World Cup with a record-breaking century in the final. He has managed all this while still being 15 years old, which means that if he makes his debut, he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record for being the youngest Indian debutant of all time in men’s cricket. Tendulkar was aged 16 when he faced Pakistan in his first Test in November 1989 in Karachi. Kapil Dev was player of the match in that Test, which ended in a draw, and legendary former India captain said that while he is excited by what he has seen of Sooryavanshi, fans and those around him should avoid expecting too much too soon. “He is a special talent, give him time, but he definitely …

‘He’s definitely the talk of this year’s IPL’: Clarke on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

‘He’s definitely the talk of this year’s IPL’: Clarke on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

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3 min readJun 3, 2026 07:21 PM IST Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has had a season to remember in the Indian Premier League 2026. He was awarded the Player of the Tournament for his heroics as he slammed 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.30. Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke heaped praise on the teenager. “He’s definitely the talk of this year’s IPL. The poor kid was in tears when RR got knocked out, but he can hold his head high, as he had a stellar year. If the big auction was there this year and he was in it, I don’t think you pay anyone else more than him,” Clarke said on the Beyond 23 Cricket podcast. “Allow him time to evolve in the other formats, as he’s only 15. He will play the next T20I for India or at least definitely be in the squad. You’ll see him in a number of Indian squads just for the experience of travelling with the team, being around senior players, and training in different conditions around the …

Tendulkar decodes Bhuvneshwar’s success ahead of RCB vs GT IPL final: ‘He developed a variation’

Tendulkar decodes Bhuvneshwar’s success ahead of RCB vs GT IPL final: ‘He developed a variation’

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3 min readMay 31, 2026 05:27 PM IST Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been the toast of the veterans’ club in the IPL 2026 season, rewinding the clock with his classical swing and seam movement, castling oppositions throughout the season. The 36-year-old Bhuvneshwar will head into Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s second IPL final in successive years on Sunday in Ahmedabad with a special bit of acknowledgement coming his way from none batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar took to social media to applaud Bhuvneshwar for refining his skills this season, one that has seen him lead the seam-bowling pack of RCB, with a haul of 26 wickets across 15 matches. Tendulkar explained the key reason behind Bhuvneshwar’s form revival, indicating that the Meerut swing king has developed a subtle variation that has stunned batters. FOLLOW: RCB vs GT IPL 2026 Final Live “Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been bowling really well this season. In the previous seasons, he had a lengthy outswinger or inswinger. He has developed a variation this season. He has been bowling as straight as possible. When you …

Sachin Tendulkar calls for 3 radical changes in T20 rules, starting with scrapping the Impact Player rule

Sachin Tendulkar calls for 3 radical changes in T20 rules, starting with scrapping the Impact Player rule

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2 min readMay 31, 2026 04:25 PM IST A score of 200 has for the longest time been a show of strength in T20 cricket but this season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) it was extraordinarily proving to be a below par score on a number of occassions. While the ceiling for big-hitting has been steadily rising in recent years in the IPL, particularly since the introduction of the Impact Player rule, it has gone to unprecedented levels this year leading to calls for changes to be made to restore balance between bat and ball. India batting great Sachin Tendulkar has suggested three changes to be made to T20 cricket overall, starting with scrapping the Impact Player rule. “The Impact Player needs to go away. That is my personal opinion. I feel, in a T20 match, you just have to play 20 overs and then you are adding one more batter to that lineup where bowlers are already being challenged,” said Tendulkar at the Cricinfo Honours. It has to be noted that the Impact …

Sachin Tendulkar wants Sooryavanshi in Tests but ‘leave that to the selectors’ | Cricket News

Sachin Tendulkar wants Sooryavanshi in Tests but ‘leave that to the selectors’ | Cricket News

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3 min readMay 31, 2026 11:55 AM IST Sachin Tendulkar has said that he, like many others, would love to see Rajasthan Royals’ teenaged wonder Vaibhav Sooryavanshi play Test cricket but warned against rushing him into it. Sooryavanshi has pretty much rewritten the parameters of a good innings in a sensational season in the 2026 Indian Premier League, finishing with 776 runs in 16 innings at a scarcely believable strike rate of 237.30 and average of 48.50 with one century and five half-centuries. The 15-year-old will win the Orange Cap unless Shubman Gill or Sai Sudharsan overtake him in the final on Sunday. Both will have to score half-centuries to get there. Tendulkar said that he would want Sooryavanshi to not be put under any pressure whenever he plays Test cricket as this can interfere with whatever it is that contributed to his success thus far. “I would tell him to just be himself,” said Tendulkar at the Cricinfo Honours. “There is always a first time. In Test cricket, along with age, he will learn …

Top BBL team tried to bring Sachin Tendulkar out of retirement for one-time partnership with Shane Warne

Top BBL team tried to bring Sachin Tendulkar out of retirement for one-time partnership with Shane Warne

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Imagine Sachin Tendulkar playing for an Australian team. Weird, right? Honestly, it feels unacceptable. Australia was the one team Sachin loved batting against, the opponents against whom he produced those unforgettable Sharjah innings, and the side against whom he registered his second-highest Test score. The mere idea of Tendulkar playing for any team other than India, let alone an Australian side, feels difficult to process. Sachin Tendulkar in yellow? Who would have thought? (AFP) Yet, some influential figures in Australia genuinely tried to make it happen. After Tendulkar retired from international cricket in November 2013, Big Bash League franchise Melbourne Stars attempted to lure the Master Blaster out of retirement for a one-evening exclusive deal that would have seen him partner the late great Shane Warne. Speaking about the early days of the Melbourne Stars franchise, when the team was struggling to retain its biggest names, former chairman Eddie McGuire admitted he could not think of a bigger attraction than seeing Tendulkar and Warne as teammates to bring a packed audience into the ground. “I …