Doha: Vaibhav Suryavanshi brushed aside talk of blind aggression after his dazzling performance, insisting that his power-hitting is driven by clarity, not chaos.
“There’s always a plan,” he said at the post-match presentation. “I don’t swing at every ball. I just try to play my natural game and do whatever helps the team.”
The young sensation, adjudged Player of the Match, spoke with a mix of humility and hunger. “It’s all part of the journey. Sometimes I think about where I was playing a few years back and where I stand today. I’m grateful. There’s no pressure—fans come to support me. Once I step on the field, everything else fades. My mind stays locked on the next ball.”
Suryavanshi also revealed a quirky reason behind a moment of visible frustration despite hitting a boundary. “I felt I missed out by two runs. That’s why boundaries annoy me sometimes,” he said with a grin.
His innings included a breathtaking sequence of four straight sixes before a miscue denied him a fifth in the 11th over off Harshit Kaushik.
When asked to rate his own performance, the prodigious teenager gave himself a measured score: “I’d say 75 out of 100. There’s always room to grow.”
