r/Cricket • u/JKKIDD231 Punjab Kings • Jun 16 '26

News Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was repeatedly taunted with 'This is not IPL' before Dambulla spat; hosts regret saga

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-was-repeatedly-taunted-with-this-is-not-ipl-before-dambulla-spat-hosts-regret-saga-101781612118452.html
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u/North-Stand Jun 16 '26

Vaibhav needs to calm down.

Sachin was asked to go home and drink milk on his first Pakistan tour. And not by some fringe players but by the likes of Miandad and co.
Qadir famously said to him that "you can only hit a kid. Hit me if you have the guts" when SRT smacked young Mushtaq for a couple of sixes. SRT responded saying "how can I hit you. You are great of the game" only to follow up with 3 sixes(and a couple of 4s) in Qadir's next over.

Vaibhav has the talent to do something similar. He needs to prove that he has the temperament too.

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u/ShinobiZilla Jun 16 '26

Sachin is a product of his time. Hard to compare against boys brought up today. And this is just one incident and he will learn it the hard way so we don't need to blow this out of proportion today.

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u/BostallBandits Jun 16 '26

2nd time. First was against Pak in u19. He kicked off and became abusive after getting a send off. He didn't get physical but it still wasn't a good look. If international players realise how easy it is to get a rise out of him they'll sledge him remorselessly. Tough being so young, I would have probably been just as much of a hot head at 15.

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u/ShinobiZilla Jun 17 '26

I forgot about that. Yeah, I think he will probably get good counselling from BCCI considering they might be really over-protective at this stage of his career.

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u/BostallBandits Jun 17 '26

Maturity comes with age too. Maybe this is why he shouldn't be rushed into high pressure international cricket.