Vaibhav Sooryavanshi took world cricket by storm along with his T20 batting heroics. After IPL 2026, he provided additional glimpses of his expertise through the Zimbabwe tour, the place he gained the Participant of the Sequence award. He then turned his consideration to red-ball cricket, hoping to show that he’s greater than a one-format participant.
Whereas luck didn’t favour him with the bat on his Duleep Trophy debut on Saturday, Sooryavanshi produced a shock with the ball on Day 3 of East Zone’s quarter-final towards North East Zone on the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence.
{The teenager} picked up two wickets in a single over throughout North East Zone’s second innings, as they battled to keep away from an innings defeat.
It occurred within the twenty eighth over, when Sooryavanshi, a left-arm orthodox spinner, dismissed Kishan Lyngdoh with a crazy supply angled into the batter. Lyngdoh stepped out trying to launch the ball however miscued his shot. Substitute fielder Denish Das backtracked brilliantly earlier than finishing a superb catch at mid-wicket.
The second wicket got here off the penultimate ball of the over. Imliwati Lemtur edged the supply by means of to wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, who reacted shortly to take a low catch.
Social media couldn’t include its pleasure as Sooryavanshi not solely bowled but in addition picked up wickets, with followers already labelling {the teenager} an “all-rounder.”
However one response stood out above the remaining. Rajasthan Royals, Sooryavanshi’s IPL franchise, appeared to subtly trace at a ‘Ravindra Jadeja’ parallel after {the teenager}’s bowling burst. The Royals posted: “We don’t say it was apparent, however there have been indicators.”
Total, Sooryavanshi bowled simply three overs within the match, all within the second innings, and completed with spectacular figures of two/11.
This was not the primary time Sooryavanshi had bowled in a first-class match. In his eight appearances within the format, he had beforehand bowled in 5 innings and brought two wickets at a median of 28.50. His newest spell, nonetheless, provided a glimpse of one other dimension to his recreation.
Earlier, Sooryavanshi, who can be East Zone’s vice-captain, was dismissed for simply eight runs off six balls after smashing two consecutive boundaries.
However East Zone had been powered to an enormous 467 by Shabaz Ahmed’s 167 and Sudip Kumar Gharami’s 146. Abhijit Ok Sarkar then claimed a five-wicket haul as North East Zone had been bowled out for 111, prompting East Zone captain Ishan Porel to implement the follow-on.
The bowlers continued to dominate within the second innings, lowering North East Zone to 114/8. They nonetheless path by 242 runs with two wickets in hand.
