Former India player turned commentator Aakash Chopra has applauded Vaibhav Suryavanshi for playing a stunning knock in the first T20I against Zimbabwe. He said that the 15-year-old batted aggressively despite potentially being under
pressure as well. However, India restricted Zimbabwe to 125/7 in Harare on Thursday, July 23. Suryavanshi then scored 50 runs off 19 balls as India achieved the target with seven wickets and 40 balls in hand as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “There was a wait to see how this boy would play, when he would play, and how many runs he would score. To be very honest, it’s only a matter of when, not if, as he would definitely score runs. However, he would have felt a little pressure because he was a part of the team and then dropped. Now he was played again, and you realize that you need to score runs. Since he is 15 years old and probably knows only one way of playing, didn’t change his way of playing, which is a good thing.”

However, Aakash Chopra also appreciated Vaibhav Suryavanshi for showcasing a wide range of shots in Richard Ngarava’s first over as well.

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“The first few balls with the new ball troubled him, but after that, he just turned it on. The three balls he played in Ngarava’s over told me so much about this little kid. He hit a short ball on his body for a six. Harare is a fairly decent-sized ground. Then, he (Ngarava) tried to bowl full. He didn’t move his feet at all and hit a cover drive through the off side with balance. Then, against a slightly short ball slightly outside the off-stump, best of the lot. The six he hit over mid-off showed that the boy is special,” he added.

“This is just the start. We will talk a lot about him. That’s the kind of player he is. After that, he bent down on one knee and hit a six. There is no doubt that he is an extremely entertaining player. He has finally arrived on the international scene as well. Abhishek started from here only two years ago. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, you never know,” Aakash Chopra concluded.