Vaibhav suryavanshi
At Just 15, the Team India Jersey Is in His Hands… Suryavanshi Bows to Touch the Feet of Raghavendra, Who Brought It to Him!
Just two days after creating a “tsunami” in Sri Lanka, he landed straight in Chennai. Vaibhav Suryavanshi arrived at the hotel where the Indian T20 team players—who were scheduled to travel to Ireland—were staying.
It was Monday evening…
Tuck.. Tuck.. Tuck..
A knock on the door.
When the door opened, there stood Raghavendra Diwgi, the throwdown specialist of the Indian cricket team, with folded hands.
He is the soul, heart, and breath of the team. If there is one person everyone in the entire Indian team looks up to with the utmost respect, it is Raghavendra.
Seeing a man 25 years older standing with folded hands, Suryavanshi immediately raised his hands in respect and bowed to touch his feet. This is a testament to the respect Raghavendra has earned within the team.
Raghavendra had brought Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s No. 3 jersey. The moment the young boy saw the jersey, he became deeply emotional.
“I cannot express my happiness in words. This is exactly why I picked up the bat and went to the cricket ground. The biggest dream of my life has come true today. The grandest step of my cricketing journey has been completed today,” said Suryavanshi.
What a phenomenal moment…
In a country with a population of 1.5 billion, getting selected into a 15-member squad at just 15 years old and donning the Indian cricket jersey is no ordinary feat. It is an extraordinary achievement.
Everything up until now was one chapter, but from here on, it is a whole new level. After unleashing a storm in the IPL and smashing fierce centuries for India Under-19 and India ‘A’, he is now a player for the Indian senior team. The pole star of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, played for India at the age of 16. This boy has stepped into the Indian T20 team at just 15.
The Real Test Begins Now
This is where Suryavanshi’s real trial by fire begins. He must stand and face Raghavendra Diwgi in the nets. It won’t be easy. What flies out of Raghavendra’s arms are not just cricket balls—they are literal fireballs.
If Virat Kohli has become a world-class batsman, Raghavendra is the reason behind it. These are not just anyone’s words; Virat himself has openly admitted this.
If Indian batters have achieved massive success since 2014 on the terrifying, bouncy tracks of Australia and South Africa, or the swinging wickets of England, Raghavendra’s role behind the scenes has been monumental.
The average speed of the balls he hurls in the nets is 150 km/h. He has even clocked a staggering 164 km/h. It is by braving that blistering pace in the nets that batsmen like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul became world-class.
Now, this 15-year-old prodigy has to stand ground against Raghavendra in the nets. Though Suryavanshi has already faced giants like Jasprit Bumrah, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Trent Boult, the challenge posed by Raghavendra will be of an entirely different calibre.
As mentioned earlier, Raghavendra is a throwdown specialist who hurls fireballs. The more Vaibhav Suryavanshi faces him in the nets, the more he will learn, and the better his game will become.
