{"id":930780,"date":"2026-05-01T13:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930780\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T13:31:19","slug":"ipl-2026-never-dreamt-of-this-kl-rahul-stunned-by-vaibhav-sooryavanshis-audacious-hitting-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930780\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: \u2018Never dreamt of this\u2019- KL Rahul stunned by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s audacious hitting | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IPLVaibhav Sooryavanshi and KL Rahul (Agency Image) Delhi Capitals\u2019 KL Rahul<\/a> has heaped praise on Rajasthan Royals<\/a>\u2019 teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, calling his rise a sign of how T20 cricket is rapidly evolving with fearless young talent.Speaking on JioStar\u2019s \u2018Superstars\u2019, Rahul reflected on the impact Sooryavanshi has already made at just 15 years of age.\u201cIt\u2019s phenomenal what the new-age cricketers are doing. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has taken world cricket by storm. Two centuries at the age of 15 is something I never even dreamt of doing,\u201d Rahul said. <\/p>\n

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Vikram Solanki on GT strategy, pitch & team decisionsSooryavanshi\u2019s numbers back that statement. In IPL 2026, he has scored 400 runs in nine matches at an average of 44.44 and a strike rate of 238.09, including a century and two fifties. His tally of 37 sixes is the highest in the tournament so far, putting him just six away from breaking Abhishek Sharma<\/a>\u2019s record of 42 sixes by an Indian in a single IPL season.Rahul also pointed to the broader shift in Indian cricket, highlighting how young players are now embracing an ultra-aggressive mindset and taking on even the very best without hesitation.\u201cThe amount of talent coming up in India is scary, especially in T20 cricket. These fearless prodigies are changing the way T20s are played. They don\u2019t fear reputations or match situations,\u201d he said.\u201cWhether it\u2019s a world-class bowler like Jasprit Bumrah or a seasoned campaigner like Pat Cummins, they go after every ball with the same intent. They don\u2019t care if it\u2019s the first over or the last. They just see the ball and want to hit it out of the park. That kind of mindset is rare, and it\u2019s exactly what modern T20 cricket demands.\u201dSooryavanshi is also on the verge of another milestone. He has already smashed 99 sixes in just 27 T20 innings before turning 20, the most by any batter at that age. One more six will take him to a landmark 100, a feat that could stand for years.Rahul believes the IPL has played a massive role in shaping this new generation of power-hitters.\u201cFive years ago, we weren\u2019t producing as many six-hitting batters as England or Australia. Now, things have changed, thanks to the IPL,\u201d he said.\u201cThese guys grew up wanting to hit sixes. When we were young, we had to learn to defend and leave the ball. Hitting in the air meant sitting out of nets. It was a different time. These youngsters practice six-hitting constantly. That\u2019s why they\u2019re so good.\u201dWith Sooryavanshi continuing to rewrite expectations at just 15, Rahul\u2019s words underline a larger shift in the game, one where fearless hitting is no longer the exception but the norm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and KL Rahul (Agency Image) Delhi Capitals\u2019 KL Rahul has heaped praise on Rajasthan Royals\u2019 teenage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[11445,1406,8983,117778,11539,22956,29003,4125,200900,79,16,15,36733],"class_list":{"0":"post-930780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-abhishek-sharma","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-delhi-capitals","11":"tag-ipl-2026","12":"tag-jasprit-bumrah","13":"tag-kl-rahul","14":"tag-pat-cummins","15":"tag-rajasthan-royals","16":"tag-sooryavanshi","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-vaibhav-sooryavanshi"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116499572501265074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}