IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi not afraid of world’s best bowler Jasprit Bumrah, smokes him for 1st-ball six
“I don’t see the name (of the bowler) much, I just see the ball and play.” This is what then 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi had told the broadcaster, after the teenager smashed a 35-ball ton against GT, in IPL 2025. Many would have felt, at that point, that the boy is a an uber-talented cricketer, who perhaps was borderline overconfident. Vaibhav Suryavanshi vs Jasprit Bumrah Cut to IPL 2026, RR vs MI. he faces the best bowler in the world — Jasprit Bumrah , and treats him the same way, he does other bowlers — at least a decade old, with much international experience behind them. In a rain-curtailed match on Tuesday, just about everyone was gearing up for the Suryavanshi-Bumrah battle, and the boy from Bihar did not disappoint. The sheer audacity of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi The 1⃣5⃣ year old welcomes Jasprit Bumrah with a maximum! #TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #RRvMI | @rajasthanroyals pic.twitter.com/cI0zqCXz0X — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 7, 2026 Call it his luck, t...