{"id":985407,"date":"2026-05-26T07:27:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/985407\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:27:20","slug":"ipl-2026-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-gives-captain-riyan-parag-an-awkward-stare-after-hum-nahi-hai-film-star-remark-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/985407\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an &#8216;awkward&#8217; stare after &#8216;hum nahi hai film star&#8217; remark &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-gives-captain-riyan-parag-an-39awkward39-stare-screengrab.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an 'awkward' stare after 'hum nahi hai film star' remark - Watch\" title=\"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an 'awkward' stare (Screengrab)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an &#8216;awkward&#8217; stare (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: A funny moment between <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/riyan-parag\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Riyan Parag<\/a> and teenage <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rajasthan-royals\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rajasthan Royals<\/a> star Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has gone viral on social media.In a video taken at an airport, paparazzi asked the two players for a photo together. Responding casually, Parag said, \u201c(Hum nahi hai flim star.) We&#8217;re not film stars!\u201dAfter hearing the comment, Vaibhav gave Parag an awkward and funny stare, which quickly became a talking point online.Watch:The viral clip arrived at a time when Rajasthan Royals secured a playoff spot in IPL 2026 after defeating <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mumbai-indians\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mumbai Indians<\/a> by 30 runs.The team had faced criticism earlier in the season after losing several matches in the middle phase of the tournament, with many fans questioning Parag\u2019s captaincy.Despite the criticism, Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara strongly defended Parag\u2019s leadership.He said, \u201cWhen we decided to offer Riyan the captaincy, he is the absolute right guy to lead this franchise.\u201dSangakkara praised Parag\u2019s confidence, maturity, and the respect he has earned inside the dressing room. He also spoke about the trolling Parag has faced over the years, saying, \u201cI think I&#8217;ve seen very few players who have been criticised like Riyan has for about seven years now.\u201d Sangakkara added that Parag is misunderstood publicly and described him as \u201ca lovely, soft, gentle, really determined, smart young man.\u201dMeanwhile, 15-year-old Vaibhav continues to impress with a record-breaking season. Speaking on Kevin Pietersen\u2019s YouTube show, the young batter revealed his huge ambitions.\u201cI want to score 200 in T20s. I want to break Gayle&#8217;s record,\u201d he said, referring to Chris Gayle\u2019s famous unbeaten 175 in IPL history.Vaibhav has already scored over 580 runs this season with an explosive strike rate, becoming one of IPL 2026\u2019s breakout stars.<\/p>\n<p>Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi the future star of Indian cricket?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gives captain Riyan Parag an &#8216;awkward&#8217; stare (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: A funny moment between Riyan Parag&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":985408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[4931,1406,11096,5710,117778,241756,6672,4125,24616,79,128525,16,15,36733],"class_list":["post-985407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-chris-gayle","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-news","tag-ipl","tag-ipl-2026","tag-kumar-sangakkara","tag-mumbai-indians","tag-rajasthan-royals","tag-riyan-parag","tag-sports","tag-t20-records","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-vaibhav-sooryavanshi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116639698101610329","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985407","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=985407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}