{"id":150760,"date":"2026-04-03T10:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=150760"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:58:23","slug":"ipl-2026-its-going-to-be-a-very-important-season-for-vaibhav-suryavanshi-says-vikram-rathour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=150760","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: It\u2019s going to be a very important season for Vaibhav Suryavanshi, says Vikram Rathour"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rajasthan Royals (RR) batting coach Vikram Rathour on Friday reiterated his belief in Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u2019s exceptional potential, describing the 15-year-old as a \u201cvery special player\u201d who continues to justify the hype around him.<\/p>\n

Suryavanshi, who enjoyed a breakout IPL season last year and followed it up with a successful Under-19 World Cup campaign, struck a 17-ball 52 in RR\u2019s modest chase of 128 against Chennai Super Kings in the opener.<\/p>\n

Rathour stressed that the left-hander\u2019s progress has been a product of both talent and temperament.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts are pretty consistent. He is a very, very special player. That\u2019s what I believed last year as well. He has done really well post-IPL last year. He is still looking very good, working hard, and playing some really good cricket,\u201d he said on the eve of his team\u2019s clash against the Gujarat Titans (GT) here.<\/p>\n

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He also underlined the importance of the current season in Suryavanshi\u2019s development. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be an important season for him, but his mind is in the right space. He\u2019s working really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Addressing how the franchise is managing expectations around the young batter, Rathour emphasised simplicity over needless tinkering. \u201cHaving loads of conversations with him. One thing that really stands out is that he is very calm. He is very relaxed. I know there\u2019s a lot of attention on him. He\u2019s really not under pressure. He enjoys playing, he enjoys hitting sixes. He loves his batting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

GT assistant coach Ashish Kapoor backed Jos Buttler to rediscover his best, calling the England star a \u201ctop player\u201d who is \u201con the right path\u201d after a brief lean patch. \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of one innings,\u201d he said, stressing Buttler\u2019s pride and hunger to return to form.<\/p>\n

He also praised debutant pacer Ashok Sharma as a \u201cterrific talent,\u201d highlighting his fearlessness despite being hit in the first match against Punjab Kings. \u201cHe wanted the ball at any stage – that\u2019s what matters,\u201d Ashish noted. On team balance, he said the current XI is \u201cmore or less\u201d the ideal combination, with only minor tweaks likely if results don\u2019t go the team\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) batting coach Vikram Rathour on Friday reiterated his belief in Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u2019s exceptional potential, describing the 15-year-old as a \u201cvery special player\u201d who continues to justify the hype around him. Suryavanshi, who enjoyed a breakout IPL season last year and followed it up with a successful Under-19 World Cup campaign, struck a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PTI03_27_2026_000305B.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-DdC","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}