Cricket fans are increasingly fixated on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi\u2019s explosive rise. The teenage sensation has even made his way into the WhatsApp circle of former England fast bowler Stuart Broad, where the group\u2019s reaction to his IPL moments has turned into a running joke. Broad, chatting with former England teammate Jos Buttler, explained that his private WhatsApp chat\u2014made up of fellow cricket followers\u2014goes into overdrive whenever Sooryavanshi takes charge with the bat in the ongoing IPL season.<\/p>\n
Buttler, who is part of Gujarat Titans in IPL 2026, drew attention to how close Sooryavanshi is to surpassing Chris Gayle\u2019s benchmark for the most sixes in a single IPL campaign. Sooryavanshi represents Rajasthan Royals, and Buttler suggested that with just a handful of maximums left in the season, he could soon move into an all-time spot in the six-hitting charts.<\/p>\n
\u201cTalking about sixes, our friend Vaibhav smashed a few sixes again last night. He\u2019s now hit the most sixes for sure by an Indian player in an IPL. He\u2019s over 50\u201453, I think\u2014in the season. And I believe it\u2019s only Gayle who\u2019s just ahead of him, maybe by one or two more sixes, for the overall record of most sixes in a season,\u201d Buttler said on the \u201cFor The Love Of Cricket\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n
Buttler also pointed to Sooryavanshi\u2019s effectiveness during the powerplay, highlighting how the teenager\u2019s boundary-hitting frequency has been extremely difficult to manage. \u201cI\u2019ve watched him bat in the powerplay\u2014stats galore, right? Balls per boundary in the powerplay is two. So every other ball in the powerplay, he hits a four or a six, which is just crazy. Chris Gayle\u2014best T20 player to ever play the game, especially in terms of six-hitting\u2014I think the record he has is 59. He\u2019s one step ahead of everyone,\u201d Buttler added.<\/p>\n
Broad then expanded on the idea that opposing plans keep failing as soon as the batter starts accelerating. He said that whenever he and his WhatsApp contacts believe they\u2019ve worked out a strategy to slow Sooryavanshi down, the 15-year-old finds a way to surprise them again. Broad described the pattern of his group\u2019s reactions, saying that even when they think a specific bowling approach might work, Sooryavanshi quickly overturns it with another standout spell at the crease.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a little WhatsApp group that\u2019s with mates who love their cricket, and every time he gets going, it\u2019s like, \u2018He\u2019s off again\u201443 off 17.\u2019 And then it comes back, \u2018I thought we\u2019d worked him out\u2014bouncer and Yorker theory,\u2019\u201d Broad said.<\/p>\n
Sooryavanshi\u2019s form has also placed him in the hunt for the Orange Cap this season. He has amassed 579 runs in 13 innings, striking at 236.32 and averaging 44.53, with one century and three fifties included in that tally. With 53 sixes so far, he is the leading Indian for maximums in a single IPL edition, underlining why his big-hitting has become the talk of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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