“He is the best player I’ve ever seen” - Jos Buttler on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

England dashing batter Jos Buttler is awestruck by the 14-year-old Indian batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s exceptional batting skills as he went on to call him the best player he has ever seen in his career.

Notably, Sooryavanshi played a match-winning knock of 175 against England U19 in the ICC U19 World Cup final as India U19 bagged a 100-run comfortable win to lift their sixth U19 WC title.

Speaking exclusively on the For The Love Of Cricket podcast alongside his colleague Mark Wood, Buttler lauded Sooryavanshi’s unique batting ability at such a young age, which surprised him.

“My statement about Sooryavanshi is: he’s the best player I’ve ever seen. If he’s doing that at 14, what’s he going to be doing at 16, 18, or 20?” Buttler spoke on the For The Love of Cricket Podcast. 

“I played in the game where he got 100 in the IPL. Even as a 14-year-old at that point, playing against an attack of Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, and Rashid Khan, proper bowling attacks, I was in awe of these shots,” Buttler added.

“The bat flow, the distance he’s hitting the ball, that fearlessness… and I must say, the England boys played so well throughout that whole Under-19 World Cup. They went unbeaten into the final, and then you run into Sooryavanshi, who scores 175 in the end with 14 fours and 15 sixes. I was watching it on TV, thinking these are not just any old shots; they’re some of the best shots you’ve ever seen,” the keeper-batter observed.

It’s worth noting that Sooryavanshi concluded India’s successful ICC U19 World Cup 2026 campaign as the second-leading run-scorer, racking up 439 runs from seven innings at an average of 62.71 and a strike rate of 169.49. He would be next seen in action in the IPL 2026 season for the Rajasthan Royals.

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