Rajasthan Royals Head Coach Rahul Dravid The franchise feels it can provide 13-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with a “good environment” for his upcoming stint in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 8th standard student from Samastipur in Bihar was picked up by the franchise for Rs 20 million. 1.1 billion and became the youngest cricketer to win an IPL contract. “I think he (Suryavanshi) has really good skills, so I thought it would be a good environment for him to grow in. Vaibhav just came to our trials and what he saw We were really happy with things,” Dravid said in the IPL. video.
“Rajasthan Royals will be a good environment for Vaibhav Suryavanshi”
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Suryavanshi recently became the youngest batsman to score an international century by scoring 104 runs off just 62 balls in the youth Test between India U-19 and Australia U-19 in Chennai.
He also made his T20 debut for Bihar in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Rajasthan on Saturday, scoring 13 six balls.
Suryavanshi, who made an impact in the junior circuit, is yet to play a meaningful knock in first-class cricket, but has averaged just 10 over five matches with a best score of 41.
He hails from Samastipur and made his debut in last season’s Ranji Trophy against Mumbai at the age of 12 years and 284 days, making him the youngest player in the history of the tournament.
Also, Suryavanshi was only 12 years old when he was playing in the league. Vinoo Mankad They collected around 400 runs in just five matches and won the Bihar trophy.
“Our biggest target for this auction was definitely the bowler.”
Commenting further on RR’s appearance in the auction, Dravid claimed that although the team had managed to retain their main players before the auction, their main goal was to get good bowlers here.
Some of the recent additions to their pace department include: akash madhwal, jofra archer, Tushar Deshpande, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Ashok Sharma and you are cats.
As for spinners, they picked up Kumar Kartikeya Shin and Mahesh Teekshanameanwhile Wanindu Hasaranga and Yudhvir Charak He appeared as an all-rounder.
“We went into this auction retaining a lot of our key Indian batsmen. The big target for us in this auction was really the bowlers and we showed that we had a really strong bowling attack. I think we have achieved that,” Dravid explained.
“We got a really good bowler and some really good spinners, supported by a really good Indian spinner in Kartikeya. So with a player like Jofra and his skills and unique skills, “We supported that with several left-handed players.”
“We like the change of angles, like the swings that both Faruqui and Mafaka bring to us. We really enjoyed the whole process, not just the pure auction.
“There are 10, 9 other teams and they’re all very well prepared, very well planned. You have to be able to think on your feet and plan A, B, C, You have to have a D.’ Well, it was very difficult at times, but it was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. ”
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