Yograj Singh questions the hype of Vaibhav Suryavanshi

A reality check comes from former cricketer Yograj Singh, who questions, “Can he survive 5 days?”

Fans of IPL were stunned by the heroics of the youngest player of the game, Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav, 14, debuted in this year’s IPL and scored 252 runs for Rajasthan Royals, including a record-breaking 35-ball century against Gujarat Titans. People also drew parallels with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. However, Yograj Singh has asked tough questions about his calibre, asking, “Can he survive 5 days?”

Yograj Singh asks a tricky question about Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s calibre.

There has been a lot of hype for the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who, apart from smashing boundaries in the IPL in his debut season this year, also reportedly smashed 190 runs off just 90 balls in a red-ball practice match at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. But amidst the hype, a reality check comes from former cricketer Yograj Singh, father of Yuvraj Singh. Speaking with InsideSport, Yograj raised a crucial question and said, “My vision is Test cricket. Can you survive five days? That’s the real test. 50 overs – fair enough. 20 overs – fair enough. I don’t go by these formats. But since they (formats) are there, you should be fit enough to play all three formats. Why do you struggle? Because you are only concentrating on T20, IPL and 50 overs. Aj toh 50 overs bhi nahi khel sakte hum log (Today, we cannot even play 50 overs). That’s the way we are.”

Yograj Singh takes a dig at coaches.

He went ahead and took a dig at coaches and administrators, accusing them of lacking passion. He said, “All the coaches and all the administrators want to sit in the air conditioning and do things. Here, I am under 48 degrees Celsius, having a passion for producing more brilliant cricketers like Yuvraj Singh.”

Yograj Singh asks the tricky question of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, “Can he survive five days? That’s the real test of a cricketer.”