Pakistan’s veteran Mohammad Yusuf also became a fan of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, said a big thing in praise, but because of this he got trolled.

IPL 2026: 15 year old player Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made cricket fans all over the world crazy with his unimaginable performance in the Indian Premier League 2026. When IPL started, hardly anyone would have imagined that in future a 15 year old player would show his game like this. Seeing the manner in which Vaibhav Suryavanshi played the match-winning innings of 97 runs in just 29 balls for Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, former cricket greats from all over the world are saluting him. Now the name of former Pakistani batsman Mohammad Yusuf has also been added to this list. Mohammad Yusuf praised Vaibhav Suryavanshi a lot and told about his future. However, he also had to face trolls.

Pakistani legend Mohammad Yusuf praised Vaibhav Suryavanshi a lot.

Mohammad Yusuf shared a post on X on Thursday, May 28, in which he praised Vaibhav Suryavanshi. However, Mohammad Yusuf compared Vaibhav Suryavanshi with Shahid Afridi, after which the fans got angry and started trolling him. In fact, fans say that the way Vaibhav is batting at the age of 15 cannot be compared with Shahid Afridi.

Mohammad Yusuf trolled for comparing Shahid Afridi with Vaibhav Suryavanshi

Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Yousuf wrote in his post, “15-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi reminds me of Shaheen Afridi. Young, fearless, explosive, full of energy. The future is here!” Users started reacting to this post of Mohammad Yusuf. Some people started trolling Mohammad Yusuf for comparing Vaibhav Suryavanshi with Shahid Afridi.

15 year old cricket sensation #Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reminds me of @SAfridiofficial young, fearless, explosive, full of energy. The future is here! 🔥🏏 #Cricket#IPL2026

— Mohammad Yousaf (@yousaf1788) May 28, 2026

I dont think Yousaf bhai said anything wrong. Best talent has been compared to best talent. The difference in talent is sky in the sky🤣

—Aditya Tomar (@imadityatomar) May 28, 2026

Not comparison any other players he is only vaibhav sooryavanshi ❤️

— RAJARAM LODHI (@RajaramRajput6) May 28, 2026

Afridi didn’t have range of shot and game sense. He was a slogger. Don’t compare vaibhav with Afridi batting

— Saket (@Saketrcb006) May 28, 2026

Vaibhav Suryavanshi holds the Orange Cap after scoring the most runs.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the highest run-scorer batsman so far in IPL 2026 and he has an orange cap adorned on his head. So far this season, Vaibhav has scored a total of 680 runs in 15 innings of 15 matches. This young batsman has batted at an average of 45.33 and an excellent strike rate of 242.85. During this period, 55 fours and 65 sixes came from his bat. Vaibhav has broken Chris Gayle’s record of hitting most sixes in a season. Gayle had hit 59 sixes in one season of IPL. Whereas Vaibhav has turned 65.

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