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“That’s Something...” Dravid Reveals Secret Sauce Behind Vaibhav Suryavanshi's Brilliance

Poulomi Chakraborty

Vaibhav Suryavanshi' s Century (Source: AP Photos)Vaibhav Suryavanshi' s Century (Source: AP Photos)

The IPL never fails to deliver surprises, and this year’s jaw-dropping moment belongs to Rajasthan Royals’ teen sensation, Vaibhav Suryavanshi. The 14-year old boy smashed the second fastest hundred of IPL and scripted the history. Even after days of that breath-taking knock, the cricket world can’t stop talking.

As the cricket world can’t stop talking about the newest sensation, Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid is also in awe. In recent times, he has revealed Suryavanshi’ s biggest strength.

What Makes Suryavanshi So Special?

As the IPL 2025 is in full throttle, the entire cricket world came to a surprise as Vaibhav Suryavanshi shattered the record with a thrilling IPL century. As the batter made headlines with his record-breaking IPL deal, he kept the excitement alive with his exceptional performance. With his unreal 101-run knock, he also become the joint most six hitters as an Indian batter in an IPL innings.

While opening the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal, the youngster gave a thrilling start to their innings and made a 166-run partnership with Jaiswal. With the brilliant display, he left the world stunned. The RR head coach Rahul Dravid believes the young talent’s greatest asset is the pure joy he finds in playing the game.

“We also do recognise that we have got to develop him (Vaibhav Suryavanshi not only as a cricketer but also physically and mentally as well over a period of time. There are people in the team who can get around him and work with him off the field as well. A lot of these guys, whether it’s Jaiswal (Yashasvi), Jurel, (Dhruv) Riyan (Parag) and Sanju (Samson), they have been through these journeys themselves.” Dravid said.


“In a lot of ways, they are the best teachers and best guides to help him. And a lot of us have our experiences from a long time ago. Jaiswal was brilliant in that partnership guiding him through that. All Credit to him (Vaibhav). He has worked really hard and practices very hard. He really enjoys his cricket. That’s something that comes naturally to him,” he added.

A Brilliant Cricket Mind, Packed with Talent

With that exceptional innings, Suryavanshi mesmerized the world with some unbelievable shots but the innings witnessed his temperament and he proved his sharp cricketing intelligence. Coach Rahul Dravid weighed in on the young star’s remarkable temperament and sharp cricketing mind.

“One of the things you saw about him was that he had time when he was playing the ball. But more importantly, he has just got a good temperament as well. He is quite calm. He also doesn’t get fazed by a lot of things. Obviously the talent is there. It’s about exposing him to the pace. And some of the variety of the bowling that you can experience,” he said.

In the ongoing season, the Rajasthan Royals faced consecutive setbacks as they registered only three victories in ten matches and scored 6 points. In upcoming matches, they will try to carry their momentum into the upcoming matches.