T20 success not enough for 'respect': Manjrekar sets challenge for Sooryavanshi

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar said Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is acceptable for planetary cricket, but lone successful the T20 format for now. He referred to the youngster’s IPL 2026 performances, wherever helium scored runs against apical bowlers, including Jasprit Bumrah, but besides said determination are areas helium needs to enactment on.Sooryavanshi, who is 15, came into absorption past twelvemonth with a period successful his archetypal IPL season. He followed it up with performances successful home cricket and astatine the under-19 level, including a people of 175 successful the U-19 World Cup last earlier this year. In IPL 2026, helium scored 404 runs successful 10 matches astatine a onslaught complaint of 237.64.His performances person led to discussions astir whether helium could beryllium selected for the India squad aft the IPL, and Manjrekar said helium has done capable to beryllium considered."Looking astatine IPL arsenic a level to involvement a assertion for the Indian T20 team, and keeping an oculus connected his performances successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy arsenic well, wherever helium has a 100 [vs Maharashtra], I deliberation he’s done enough. If idiosyncratic is lighting up this signifier similar this, past he’s ready," helium said portion talking to Sportstar.At the aforesaid time, Manjrekar said it whitethorn not beryllium casual for Sooryavanshi to get a spot successful the squad due to the fact that of the fig of openers already successful contention, including Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

He said Sooryavanshi is portion of a radical of T20 batters who make abstraction to play shots, but added that his method needs changes if helium wants to play longer formats."Take each the accordant T20 batters successful the past fewer years, Sooryavanshi volition enactment limb broadside and deed a shot connected mediate stump done constituent due to the fact that he’s staying limb broadside of the ball. In Test cricket, the proposal is to get adjacent to the ball. You volition not get 20 runs successful England oregon Australia, South Africa by staying distant from the ball," helium opined.He added, "If you privation your kid to beryllium celebrated and rich, T20 batting is for you. If you privation him to get the respect of radical similar us, the critics, past get him to get adjacent to the enactment of the ball."