14-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi denies crying in the IPL 2025 match against the Lucknow Super Giants after his dismissal.
With Punjab Kings’ players teasing him about it after the match against the Royals on Sunday in Jaipur, the left-handed batter said he wasn’t crying and that the light in his eyes made him blink.
Suryavanshi, who struck a 15-ball 40 against the Punjab Kings on Sunday, began his IPL career with a 20-ball 34 against the Super Giants, including a first-ball six. Having been stumped by Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant, the southpaw had to walk back and fans got the perception that he cried after getting out.
In the video uploaded by the Royals on X, Suryavanshi was heard saying:
“Arey Kab roya main yaar. Main batata hoon. Mera aankh bahut dard kar raha tha. Aur main out hote hee maine udhar hee screen ke upar dekha, aankh pe light pada toh aankh aise-aise hua. Main bahar gaya, toh log mere se puch rahe they tu ro kyun raha hai. Arey main roya nahin tha. Main jaa raha tha. Aankh mein woh chala gaya tha.”
(When did I cry? I’ll tell you. My eyes were paining. When I got out and watched the screen, the light came straight into my eyes and they started blinking. When I went out, people were asking me why were you crying. But I was not. I was just walking and the light got into my eyes.)
“There’s no point just blaming the batsman” – Rahul Dravid
With the Royals crashing to their tenth defeat in IPL 2025 and batters failing to take advantage, coach Rahul Dravid said the bowlers equally need to take responsibility for giving the opposition plenty of boundary opportunities. Dravid said in the presser, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo:
“There’s no point just blaming the batsman. I think with the ball also, to be honest, I didn’t think it was a 220 wicket, it was about a 195, 200 wicket, and we gave 20 runs extra. If we look at the numbers, we have probably not been good enough with the ball. Both at taking wickets and controlling runs. We are chasing 200-220 every game.”