Before the world saw Vaibhav Suryavanshi light up IPL 2025 with his crazy century, someone had already spotted his magic long ago.
Rajasthan Royals’ chief scout and academy boss, Zubin Bharucha, made a bold prediction about the young boy before IPL began, and he's proving to be spot on.
At just 14 years old, Suryavanshi smashed his way into history books with his fearless hundred for RR. Let's see what Bharucha had said about him and how the little superstar proved him right.
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What did RR’s Zubin Bharucha say about Vaibhav Suryavanshi before IPL 2025?
Way back on March 18, even before a single ball was bowled in IPL 2025, Bharucha had already spoken about Suryavanshi.
He said the young boy is "highly gifted" and batting like him at such a young age is something you don't see often. He also talked about Suryavanshi’s big-hitting skills and said that fast bowling doesn’t scare him one bit.
"Highly gifted, I haven’t seen anyone so young bat like this, Tendulkar is the only other name that comes to mind," said Bharucha.
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"He can hit a long ball, high pace doesn’t trouble him, but he just hasn’t had the experience to know how to score runs in this format as yet. Although he is a fast learner and I don’t think it’s going to take too long," he added.
This is a quote from Zubin Bharucha - @rajasthanroyals chief scout and academy director on March 18 talking about Vaibhav Suriyavanshi “Highly gifted, I haven’t seen anyone so young bat like this, Tendulkar is the only other name that comes to mind. He can hit a long ball, high…
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What records did Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke?
In just one innings, Suryavanshi smashed several records.
- He became the youngest ever in IPL history to hit a fifty and a century.
- He reached his fifty in just 17 balls and completed his hundred in 35 balls. The fastest IPL century by an Indian.
- His 35-ball ton beat Yusuf Pathan’s old record of 37 balls. Only the legendary Chris Gayle has a faster IPL hundred in 30 balls.
- Smashed 11 sixes in his innings, which equals Murali Vijay’s record for most sixes by an Indian in an IPL match.
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