After Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, displayed a new side of his batting in the Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) final Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday, May 20, former India opener Abhinav Mukund was in awe of the 14-year-old’s abilities.
In the powerplay, Suryavanshi made a name for himself as a devastating batsman who sought to score as many runs as he could and get the first champions off to a fast start. On Tuesday, though, he scored 11 runs in the powerplay while facing just seven balls. Once the field limits were removed, Suryavanshi hit some incredible boundaries by finding the gaps in the outfield. In addition, he displayed his insane power game by taking CSK spinners Noor Ahmad and Ravindra Jadeja to the cleaners.
Since he didn’t get many balls on the powerplay, it was an example of maturity. He demonstrated today that even though he only had three or four balls during the powerplay, he was still able to speed after that. There had been some concerns regarding his gameplay against spin. “I thought it was an impressive innings to bat at that strike rate afterwards and take on Noor and Jadeja,” Mukund stated on JioHotstar.
After hitting four fours and as many sixes in his 57 runs off 33 balls, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was removed by Ravichandran Ashwin. T
he Bihar batter’s ability to knock huge sixes at such a young age was noted by Mukund. According to the cricket player-turned-expert, the southpaw has the potential to be an Indian cricket star in the future.
“And the ball remains hit each time he strikes it. This youngster, who is only 14 years old, can hit 80- to 90-meter sixes, so these aren’t little ones. Mukund said, “I think this guy is definitely one for the future of Indian cricket.”
Suryavanshi finished his maiden IPL 2025 campaign with 252 runs from seven innings at an average of 36 and a strike rate of 206.56.
RR won the toss and opted to field first. CSK scored 187/8 after being reduced to 78/5 in the eighth over. Akash Madhwal was the pick of the bowlers for RR as he finished with figures of 3/29. Ayush Mhatre top-scored with a 20-ball 43 for the five-time champions.
In reply, Yashasvi Jaiswal (36), Sanju Samson (41), and Dhruv Jurel (31*) played handy knocks to back up Suryavanshi’s half-century as RR won by six wickets with 17 balls to spare.
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