By Vivek Prabhakar Singh
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] September 20 (ANI): Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya praised India’s younger batting abilities Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, highlighting their potential to grow to be key gamers for the nationwide group.
Sanath, one of many most interesting all-rounders of all time and a extremely harmful batter of his period, was talking to ANI on the sidelines of the Company Cricket World Cup launch occasion in Gurugram.
Jayasuriya stated Abhishek Sharma has established himself within the Indian group, understands his significance and function, and persistently offers his finest for the nation. He hailed India’s younger expertise as a constructive signal for the nation’s cricketing future.
“He’s a participant who has established himself within the group. He is aware of how vital his place is and (he’s) for the group, what he wants for the group. And he has given his finest shot. So, the gamers individually, in case you point out, everybody desires to do properly for his or her nation. And so these are the gamers, younger gamers who’re in India, in order that’s a very good future for India cricket,” he stated.
Abhishek Sharma just lately produced a record-breaking century towards Afghanistan within the third T20I at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. The left-hander smashed 108 off simply 34 balls, reaching his century in 31 deliveries, as India posted 221/7 after being requested to bat first.
Abhishek was named Participant of the Match and Participant of the Sequence for his spectacular performances all through the three-match sequence. India then bowled Afghanistan out for 94 in 14.1 overs, with Ravi Bishnoi and Nitish Kumar Reddy claiming three wickets every.
India’s 127-run victory sealed a 3-0 sequence sweep and handed Afghanistan their heaviest defeat in T20I cricket, whereas their whole of 94 was additionally their lowest towards India within the format.
In the meantime, Jayasuriya known as Vaibhav Sooryavanshi an thrilling prospect for India’s cricketing future, however careworn that he has an extended approach to go and should proceed working laborious.
“Positively thrilling for the longer term for India cricket. It has been actually good, and it is a future for India cricket. He has an extended approach to go, and he must work laborious. And hope he’ll ship for India,” he stated.
At simply 15, Sooryavanshi has loved a exceptional run in cricket. Just lately, on the age of simply 15 years and 157 days, he just lately grew to become the youngest participant to attain a half-century within the historical past of the Duleep Trophy, breaking a 57-year-old file.
Throughout East Zone’s Duleep Trophy 2026 semifinal towards Central Zone, the 15-year-old smashed an excellent 92 off 81 balls within the first innings and adopted it up with an important 40 within the remaining innings, serving to East Zone safe a four-wicket win and ebook their place within the remaining.
Earlier than that, Sooryavanshi additionally scored 151 runs in three matches towards Zimbabwe to say his maiden Participant of the Sequence award as India accomplished a 3-0 clear sweep.
Earlier, within the T20I sequence towards England, Sooryavanshi had grow to be India’s youngest ever to be handed a world debut. His India debut got here on the again of a terrific IPL 2026 marketing campaign with Rajasthan Royals, the place he amassed 776 runs at a staggering strike fee of 237.30, together with a century and 5 fifties. His explosive season noticed him end because the match’s main run-scorer whereas smashing a file 72 sixes.
The teenager additionally swept a number of post-season honours, together with the Orange Cap, Most Useful Participant, Rising Participant, Tremendous Striker and Tremendous Sixes awards. He additionally had a stellar ICC Males’s Beneath-19 Cricket World Cup marketing campaign earlier this yr, the place he amassed 439 runs and was named Participant of the Match, additional highlighting his immense potential.
The Company World Cup (CWC), billed because the world’s first world company cricket match, was formally unveiled at a launch occasion in Gurugram on Sunday.
The initiative goals to convey collectively the company cricket group by a structured competitors spanning 24 cities and culminating within the inaugural Company World Cup in July 2027, based on a press launch from CWC.
The match is being organised by Professional Company League (PCL), one among India’s pioneering company cricket platforms, which brings with it a 15-year legacy of organising and creating company cricket. Constructing on this expertise, PCL is now taking company cricket to a world scale by the Company World Cup. (ANI)
