Luan Dre Pretorius’ world record on Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s target, 15 year old young star can create history in Afghanistan series


These days, only one name is being heard the most in the corridors of cricket and that name is that of the 15-year-old young sensation of the Indian team, Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav, who has created fear in the hearts of bowlers around the world with his aggressive batting style and fearless style, has achieved that position in a very short time, for which big players have to work hard for years. Recently, South Africa’s young and talented batsman Luan Dre Pretorius has made a record in his name in international cricket, which has attracted the attention of the entire cricket fraternity. After this feat of Pretorius, now the question on everyone’s mind is whether this young teenage player of India will be successful in breaking this record in the upcoming series. If we look at cricket experts and statistics, then the golden opportunity for Vaibhav to achieve this big milestone is very close, for which tremendous enthusiasm is being seen among the fans too.

South Africa’s rising and aggressive batsman Luan Dre Pretorius got his name written in golden letters in the pages of history during a thrilling T20 tri-series played against Namibia a few days ago. In this match, Pretorius completed his century in just 53 balls by hitting fours and sixes all around the field. This was the first century of his international T20 career and with this brilliant innings, he became the youngest batsman in the world to score a century in T20 International cricket among ICC full-member countries. When Pretorius achieved this historic feat, he was 20 years and 161 days old. With this magical innings, he completely destroyed the seven-year-old record of Afghanistan’s ace batsman Hazratullah Zazai, which he had made against Ireland in 2019 at the age of 20 years and 337 days. Since the making of this record, a new competition has started in the list of young players at the global level, in which the name of Indian prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi is now being taken most prominently.

Indian cricket team’s little braveheart Vaibhav Suryavanshi is currently only 15 years and a few months old, which is about five years younger than South Africa’s record-holding batsman Luan Dre Pretorius. Vaibhav, who has proved his mettle at an early age, has a long time to become the youngest batsman to score a century in the history of international T20 cricket. The much-awaited three-match T20 International series between India and Afghanistan is going to start from September 13, the first match of which will be played in New Delhi. This upcoming domestic and international series is being considered as the biggest turning point of his career for Vaibhav. Vaibhav had shown brilliant performance with his bat during the Zimbabwe tour and his highest individual score so far has been 81 runs in the T20 format, which he achieved in just a few balls. If he is successful in scoring even a century in the upcoming matches against Afghanistan while maintaining his natural aggressive form, then he will leave this latest world record of Pretorius far behind and will set a new record, which will prove to be a very difficult challenge for many generations to come.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s cricket journey has been no less than a fairy tale, where he has traveled from domestic cricket to IPL and then to the senior national team in a very short time. Recently, while playing for East Zone in prestigious domestic tournaments like Duleep Trophy, this young left-handed batsman has shown his technical proficiency and amazing ability to play consistently even in red ball cricket. His consistency in first class and List A cricket as well as in the T20 format has given sleepless nights to the strategists of opposing teams. Even during his IPL campaign with a big franchise like Rajasthan, he took great notice of the legendary bowlers from all over the world and played many match-winning innings. Sports lovers and cricket experts believe that with the confidence and temperament that this 15-year-old player exudes, he has the potential to become one of the most dangerous and useful batsmen of the modern era. When the Indian squad will take the field for the upcoming T20 series against Afghanistan, the eyes of crores of countrymen will be fixed on this young star to see whether he can once again surprise the whole world with the power of his bat and register his name at the top in the pages of history.