Rahul Dravid lauds Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s heroics after IPL 2025

Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid showered praise on Vaibhav Suryavanshi for his impressive performances in IPL 2025. Dravid observed the 14-year-old from close quarters as the head coach of the Rajasthan Royals. Suryavanshi, 14, has impressed with his pyrotechnics and played with an aggressive approach in IPL 2025 for the inaugural champions.

The youngster recently scored 113 runs off just 86 balls in the first Youth Test against Australia Under-19 at the Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane. Furthermore, Suryavanshi scored 124 runs in three ODIs against Australia Under-19 at an average of 41.33 and a strike rate of 112.73.

Moreover, Suryavanshi scored 252 runs in seven matches of IPL 2025 at a blistering strike rate of 206.55. The left-hander scored a mad knock of 101 runs off just 38 balls against the Gujarat Titans.

“It’s not the skill the skill he has right but it’s a mindset and you can’t really teach that mindset you can’t coach that mindset so when you have someone with that mindset you got to you know I think manage it and own it you can’t certainly not curb it I think as a coach it’s not so much about instructing him but giving him the platform and the freedom to express himself and creating a certain sense of difficulties in the nets or creating different situations,” Suryavanshi said on ‘Breakfast with Champions’.

Dravid recalled how Suryavanshi smashed Shardul Thakur for a first-ball six while making his debut against LSG.

“I think to someone like that, you’re actually sort of the thing you’re trying to tell him is to just explore the edges of his talent, right? It’s incredible. But I think that gift of like mindset, right? that freedom, first ball in the IPL to be able to hit Shardul Thakur for six, I mean, Shardul is an international bowler, he’s a terrific bowler,” he added.

Suryavanshi would look to carry the good form and keep delivering the goods.