{"id":180821,"date":"2026-06-15T14:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180821"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T20:26:58","slug":"anura-tennekoons-advice-to-sooryavanshi-cut-out-the-noise-focus-on-your-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180821","title":{"rendered":"Anura Tennekoon\u2019s advice to\u00a0Sooryavanshi:\u00a0Cut out the noise, focus on your game"},"content":{"rendered":"


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As the India-A players remained locked in a lengthy discussion inside the dressing room following their dramatic Super Over defeat to Sri Lanka-A, a septuagenarian stood patiently outside, waiting for just one player.<\/p>\n

The spectators had long left the Rangiri International Stadium. Ground staff was beginning to wrap up for the night, journalists were filing their reports and the emotions of a chaotic evening were still raw.<\/p>\n

Yet, Anura Tennekoon remained where he was, occasionally glancing towards the dressing room entrance.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s first ODI captain and one of the country\u2019s most respected cricketing figures had made the journey from Colombo with a simple purpose \u2014 to meet Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a generational talent,\u201d Tennekoon told\u00a0 Sportstar<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The former captain waited for nearly an hour. Players and support staff came and went. At one stage, he even spent a few minutes chatting with India-A captain Tilak Varma. But he was in no hurry. He was there for Sooryavanshi.<\/p>\n

The teenager had endured a difficult evening. He had failed with the bat yet again, found himself at the centre of a heated exchange following the Super Over and walked off the field carrying the disappointment of a defeat that India-A felt could have been avoided.<\/p>\n

When Sooryavanshi finally emerged from the dressing room, he appeared drained. Spotting Tennekoon, however, his expression softened. The 15-year-old walked over, bent down and touched the veteran\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n

Tennekoon immediately pulled him into a hug.<\/p>\n

The conversation lasted only a few moments, but it was enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou focus on your game and cut out the outside noise,\u201d Tennekoon told him, adding: \u201cToday, unfortunately, you couldn\u2019t get going. But that\u2019s part of the game, you can\u2019t get going every day.\u201d Sooryavanshi quietly nodded.<\/p>\n

For a player who has spent much of the last year being celebrated, scrutinised and discussed in equal measure, the advice appeared to strike a chord.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really impressed by his batting in the IPL. And hitting those sixes and fours the way he does is something unbelievable. I hope he continues in this way,\u201d Tennekoon said.<\/p>\n

The admiration was evident. Here was a former international captain, now in his seventies, waiting patiently after a long day of cricket to offer a few words of encouragement to a teenager.<\/p>\n

Amid the disappointment, controversy and noise that surrounded the game, it was a quiet, touching moment \u2014 one that unfolded far away from the crowd, but perhaps meant more than anything.<\/p>\n

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