{"id":178264,"date":"2026-06-08T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178264"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:30:42","slug":"australian-legend-glenn-mcgrath-hails-fearless-sooryavanshi-but-eager-to-see-him-perform-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178264","title":{"rendered":"Australian legend Glenn McGrath hails \u2018fearless\u2019 Sooryavanshi but eager to see him perform abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71077420\">Former Australian legend Glenn McGrath hailed 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u2019s heroics in the IPL but wanted to see how he might fare in the overseas conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was incredible. To be the leading run scorer in the IPL with 70-odd (72) sixes. He\u2019s got that back lift, a bit like Brian Lara, and is obviously a powerful hitter. He was unbelievable. It would only happen in India or the subcontinent. I couldn\u2019t see a 15-year-old playing in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have no fear, do they? They just back themselves, and if it\u2019s there, they don\u2019t care if it\u2019s a guy bowling his first over or someone like Pat Cummins, who\u2019s one of the best bowlers in the world. If it\u2019s there, he just hits through it. And in India, you can pick the line up and hit through it.<\/p>\n<p>If he does go and play in England or Australia, I\u2019d be keen to see how he goes there,\u201d said McGrath.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ | <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-sri-lanka-tour-conditions-pitches-tilak-varma-india-a-tour\/article71076065.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tilak Varma backs Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to thrive in Sri Lanka\u2019s testing conditions<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old was also pleased with how MRF Pace Foundation trainees Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain performed in the recently concluded IPL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very impressed with all of them. Sakib played many games and took some good wickets. For Praful to start with three wickets in your first over, it doesn\u2019t get much better than that, does it? And then you had Eshan Malinga, who came here from Sri Lanka and spent time. So to have the three boys consistently playing well in Sunrisers, I was very proud of them,\u201d said McGrath, who heads the Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Praful has had some injuries as well. But good to see him back and playing, and that\u2019s what you want. You want them to have game time and then have a bit of success,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 08, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/glenn-mcgrath-mrf-pace-foundation-sooryavanshi-ipl-2026-sakib-hussain-praful-hinge-eshan-malinga\/article71077420.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Australian legend Glenn McGrath hailed 15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi\u2019s heroics in the IPL but wanted to see how he might fare in the overseas conditions. \u201cHe was incredible. To be the leading run scorer in the IPL with 70-odd (72) sixes. He\u2019s got that back lift, a bit like Brian Lara, and is obviously a &#8230; <a title=\"Australian legend Glenn McGrath hails \u2018fearless\u2019 Sooryavanshi but eager to see him perform abroad\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178264\" aria-label=\"Read more about Australian legend Glenn McGrath hails \u2018fearless\u2019 Sooryavanshi but eager to see him perform abroad\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178264","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\/06\/4871_8_6_2026_18_54_32_1_DSC_8645.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":178247,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=178247","url_meta":{"origin":178264,"position":0},"title":"Why will India-England T20I matches start one hour early?","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has advanced the start time of all five T20 Internationals against India by an hour, with the matches now scheduled to begin at 10:00 p.m. IST. 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