‘You can fail’: Sangakkara’s key message to Sooryavanshi

KOLKATA: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not an ordinary 15-year-old. he is completely different rajasthan royals It’s a feeling that has the cricketing world watching him with excitement. However, Kumar SangakkaraThe Royals head coach hopes the hitting prodigy can be like other 15-year-old players.“I just want him to be a 15-year-old kid and bat the way he wants to bat,” Sangakkara said here on Saturday. “He has to enjoy everything, whether it’s 100 off 35 balls, 50 off 15 balls or a first-ball duck.”

Suryavanshi tasted defeat for the first time in the final match against Sunrisers Hyderabad when he got out on the first ball he faced. The boy made a face, maybe a little angry with himself. “You can score and you can fail. That’s part of cricket,” was Sangakkara’s message to the youngster. “He must not lose his freedom to play.”