‘Dream has come true…’, Vaibhav Suryavanshi said after breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record, elated after becoming Man of the Series

New Delhi. Indian cricket team defeated Zimbabwe 3-0 in the 3 T20 match series. In the third T20, the Indian team defeated Zimbabwe by 35 runs and captured the match and the series. Young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an important role in the victory of the Indian team. He won the title of Player of the Match and Series by scoring the most runs in the match and tournament. With this Vaibhav broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. In fact, Vaibhav holds the record for the youngest player to win both these awards in any format in Indian men’s cricket. After this honour, Vaibhav has said that winning Player of the Series is like a dream come true for him.

The series was memorable for Vaibhav
After being named ‘Player of the Match and Series’, Vaibhav Suryavanshi described it as a ‘dream come true’ moment for him and thanked the team management who always encouraged him to play his natural T20 game. Suryavanshi scored 151 runs in three innings in the three-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe and scored runs at an average of 50.33. In the first T20 match, the left-handed batsman scored a stormy half-century in just 19 balls, while in the third match, he batted with restraint and scored 81 runs in 49 balls and played an important role in giving India a 3-0 clean sweep over Zimbabwe.

What did you say after winning two awards?
At the prize distribution ceremony after the match, Suryavanshi said, ‘I am feeling very good. This is a dream come true for me. Received the first ‘Player of the Match’ and ‘Player of the Series’ awards. My preparation here was also quite good. He said, ‘The coach, captain and the entire team supported me completely. I tried to play my natural T20 game. I try to give a good start to the team and if I get a good start, I try to play big innings.

Suryavanshi said, ‘I have also played the Under-19 World Cup here and I like batting here. Whatever I do in practice, I try to repeat it in the match. Talking about the match, the Indian team won the toss in the third T20 and batted first and scored 192 runs for 5 wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored his second international T20 half-century. This young player played an innings of 81 runs in 49 balls. Apart from this, Ishan Kishan scored 29 runs and captain Shreyas Iyer scored 27 runs. Rinku Singh played an inning of 25 runs in 14 balls.