Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) KOLKATA: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is no ordinary 15-year-old. He is quite different and the Rajasthan Royals sensation is watched with great excitement by the cricketing world. However, Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara wants the batting prodigy to be like any other 15-year-old.“I just want him to be a 15-year-old kid who goes out and bats the way he wants,” Sangakkara said on Saturday. “He has to enjoy everything, whether it’s 100 off 35 balls, 50 off 15 or a first-ball duck.”
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Bombay Sport Exchange: Munaf Patel on Gautam Gambhir, Virat vs Bumrah and Indian bowling.Sooryavanshi suffered his first failure of the season in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad when he got caught on the first ball he faced. The boy grimaced, perhaps a little angry at himself. “You are allowed to score runs, you can fail. It is part and parcel of cricket,” was Sangakkar’s message to the youngster. “He must never lose the freedom he plays with.”
