India, May 21 -- Despite a sensational IPL 2026 season, where he has the most runs, the most sixes and the highest strike rate, which has all but intensified the chatter around when, and not if, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi would make it to the senior Indian team. But former cricketers Mohammad Kaif and Sanjay Manjrekar outlined a glaring error in his IPL campaign to question the growing hype around the teenager.

Manjrekar, speaking to Sporstar, questioned the Rajasthan Royals' decision to play Vaibhav as an Impact Player in most of the recent games. He added that if the 15-year-old does have to prove his worth as an international-level player, he ought to show all three dimensions in order to fairly rate him. "Isn't a cricketer somebody who bat...