Former India player Manoj Tiwary said that Vaibhav Suryavanshi will be subjected to sledging and taunts because opposition players are jealous of his success at this young age. The 15-year-old batting sensation was recently involved in a physical tussle at the end of a thrilling match between India A and Sri Lanka A in Dambulla but later on managed to escape punishment for his actions.

“Vaibhav Suryavanshi has to understand a little. There will always be verbal battles against us on the pitch, because there are many countries that are jealous of us. So, they will provoke you. The way Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL campaign went, and the way he is moving forward and getting everything, so they will poke him more. The way a 15-year-old is progressing, they are jealous of it. So, we have to prepare him for it,” the former batter said on Cricbuzz.

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“It is upto him what kind of image he wants to create in the cricketing world. One path is like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who are generally calm people, they answer through performances. The other route is like Virat Kohli, people who are aggressive. Now he needs to decide how people want to perceive him. Anger is important, but it is important to point it in the right direction,” he again added.

Playing for the first time since the incident, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a 28-ball 38 in the final round-robin stage match in the tri-series against Afghanistan A, on Wednesday, June 17 as well.

“No one will take action against him for this, but he must realise what he has done. No one wants to see an emerging player be involved in pushing and shoving. The more he plays, the more he will understand about the conduct in the field. But under any circumstances, he should not go outside the laws of the game. People are watching him, and his behavior will be noted. He scored only 30-40 runs today, so it is affecting him, as he did not score as much he should have” Manoj Tiwary concluded.