Amateur experts continue to voice their opinions regarding the young and explosive batsman of the Indian team, Vaivava Suryavanshi. Due to how he started his career in international cricket at a very young age, expectations from everyone around him have significantly increased.
During the T20 series against Zimbabwe, Vaivava Suryavanshi demonstrated power at the crease, becoming the player who scored the most runs for India. For this, he also received the Player of the Match award.
Former Australian captain of the World Cup, Steve Waugh, has become a fan of Vaivava, directly comparing him to titans like Don Bradman and Adam Gilchrist. Steve Waugh believes that Vaivava has changed the approach to T20 by playing it at such a young age. He highly praised this young Indian star during an interview with a media channel.
'Talent like Vaivava comes once in a century,' he stated further. 'He has already changed T20. Very few players can change the rules of the game. Adam Gilchrist did it in Test cricket, and before him, Bradman changed the meaning of the game.' Vaivava will become a legend of this sport in the future.'
Everyone admires the fire in Vaivava's bat in 2026. In the U-19 World Cup this year, he won the series player title thanks to his brilliant performance. In seven matches in this tournament, Vaivava scored 439 runs, demonstrating an impressive average of 62.71 and an incredible strike rate of 169.49.
In the final match, he completely dominated the tournament, scoring 175 runs without getting out in just 80 balls. After the U-19 World Cup, Vaivava's momentum continued in the IPL 2026. Playing for the Rajasthan Royals team, he scored the most runs in the entire tournament—776—and won the Most Valuable Player award.
Besides the praise, Steve Waugh cautioned Vaivava. He made it clear that teams from all over the world will now closely study Vaivava's play, footwork, and scoring methods. The former star player gave this young athlete several pieces of advice for the future. He warned that every player experiences slumps in cricket, and no one can be invincible all the time, so Vaivava should prepare in advance for future difficulties and tough times from a mental standpoint.
Waugh advised him to always remain humble, saying that one should not fly too high after success, nor should one break down from disappointment after failure. Furthermore, the former Australian captain emphasized one extremely important thing: as fame grows, so does the crowd of advisors. In such circumstances, Vaivava needs to have one or two reliable people close by whose opinion and guidance he can blindly trust.