Former India player Aakash Chopra has applauded Vaibhav Suryavanshi for scoring a match-winning hundred against the Gujarat Titans (GT). He also added that he was still trying to get into the Delhi side when he was as old as
Sooryavanshi as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra’, he said, “He scored a hundred off just 35 balls, the second-fastest in IPL history, and the fastest by an Indian. A kid younger than him has not scored a hundred in men’s T20 history. What have you done at 14 years of age? Is tournament ka vaibhav badha diya (he has increased this tournament’s grandeur).”

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“His name is Suryavanshi, he also did a job like that. You might ask yourself what you were doing when you were 14 years old. I was trying to reach close to Delhi cricket when I was 14 years old, and this kid is not just scoring runs in the IPL, he scored a hundred, and it was unimaginable the way he scored it,” he further added.

However, Aakash Chopra also stated that Vaibhav Suryavanshi took virtually all the Gujarat Titans bowlers all over the park.

“When he started hitting sixes, he kept hitting them, whether it was against Ishant Sharma, Prasidh Krishna or Rashid Khan. Karim Janat has a decent T20 career, and he was taken for 30 runs in his first over. When Washington Sundar came, everyone said atisundar Vaibhav. His batting was absolutely incredible,” he said.

“We talk about the bat swing and the fearless approach, but the thing I liked the most was that he was just playing the ball. Many times, when you come to a huge stage, you see the bowler – (Mohammed) Siraj, Krishna, Karamati (Rashid) Khan. He is not thinking about it at all. He is watching the ball, and he hits it for a six wholeheartedly and with full power if he feels he can do so,” Aakash Chopra concluded.