Vaibhav Suryavanshi Vs Pakistan GettyImage Credit source: Getty Images
Irrespective of the team, it is not easy for anyone to escape from Vaibhav Suryavanshi these days. Vaibhav, who played a explosive inning of 144 runs against UAE in the very first match of Asia Cup Rising Star, this time targeted Pakistan. Vaibhav once again played a strong innings for India A, who were facing Pakistan Shaheen in their second match of the tournament. Vaibhav, just 14 years old, missed out on a half-century this time but before getting out, he thrashed the Pakistani bowlers and scored the maximum of 45 runs.
India A batted first in its second match of this tournament going on in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Once again Priyansh Arya was out early but from the other side Vaibhav Suryavanshi batted brilliantly. In fact, Vaibhav played the very first ball of the innings and made an explosive start by hitting a four on it. In comparison to UAE, Pakistan’s bowlers were presenting more challenge but despite this, Vaibhav left no stone unturned to thrash.
Whatever Pakistani bowler came in front of the young left-handed opener Vaibhav, he was definitely hit with a four or a six. The effect of Vaibhav’s strong batting was that India’s 50 runs were completed in the powerplay itself. Even after this, his attack continued and took the team to 81 runs in 9 overs. Then Vaibhav hit a four on the first ball of Pakistani senior team spinner Sufiyan Muqim, who came in the 10th over, and hit a six on the next ball.
Vaibhav was very close to his half-century but without caring about it he again hit a big shot. But this time he could not cross the boundary and the Pakistani fielder took a good catch. Vaibhav missed the half-century but in his innings of 28 balls he scored 45 runs hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes. Vaibhav’s dismissal proved bad for Team India. When he was out, the score was 91 runs but after this the rest of the batsmen returned to the pavilion one by one and in 19 overs, Team India was all out for only 136 runs. Apart from Vaibhav, only Naman Dheer (35 runs, 20 balls) could play a strong innings.