Vaibhav Sooryavanshi put on the same pedestal as Garry Sobers by ex-England captain

Mark Butcher compares Vaibhav Sooryavanshi with Sir Garfield Sobers: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has recently caught more attention after his blistering knock of 175 runs off 80 balls in the U-19 World Cup final against England. His explosive knock has shocked everyone in the cricketing world. He has recently been praised by former England captain Jos Buttler in a podcast show.

Now, another former England cricketer, Mark Butcher, has dropped his comments about the 14-year-old batter. Mark Butcher has compared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s bat swing with that of former legendary West Indies all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers. The former English captain got a flashback of Sir Garry Sobers while he was batting in the U-19 World Cup final.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi compared to the West Indies legend

Speaking to Wisden Cricket, Butcher said, "The first thing flashing in my head was Garry Sobers. The violence in the bat swing, timing and purity of the contact. The hand speed, the way that he uses his legs in the ground, the way the bat literally follows through all the way around until it slaps in the middle of his back. was pure Sobers."

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He has asked the fans to watch the highlights of Sobers hitting sixes at Swansea, comparing Sooryavanshi’s bat swing in the game against England to that of Sobers. Sobers has been considered the greatest all-rounder of all time. Being compared at the age of 14 is really a big thing for the young prodigy.

Sooryavanshi has six hitting flair like Garry Sobers

Butcher said, "I would urge people from a different generation, who don't have that picture of Sir Gary in their minds eye to seek out the video of him hitting six sixes off Malcolm Nash at Swansea and just watch."

He concluded, saying, "I swear to God it looks exactly the same. It's just astonishing to watch in terms of the way he uses his legs to drive the bat swing and the way the bat swing just keeps going until it disappears and slaps him in the middle of his spine. It's just pure Sobers."

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is India's next superstar

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s explosive innings consisted of 15 fours and as many sixes in the match. While he was in the crease, India’s projected score was showing 500+, as the U-19 side posted 411 runs in the final and won the game by 100 runs. He was adjudged as the Player of the Match.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was also awarded the Player of the Tournament for his exceptional performance in the tournament, scoring 439 runs in seven innings with an average of 62.71, with three fifties and one century.

Sooryavanshi made his name after the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) debut, hitting a first-ball six. He has been the youngest batter to score a century in the T20 format, which came in the IPL for the Rajasthan Royals against the Gujarat Titans. It was also the second-fastest century, which he reached in just 35 balls. The Southpaw will be one of the finest upcoming stars for Indian cricket.

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