'Everyone apart from SRH players were sad' — Sunil Gavaskar on Sooryavanshi

Sunil Gavaskar said everyone apart from Sunrisers Hyderabad players felt disappointment when Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell short of a century. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener hit 97 off 29 balls — 12 sixes — in the IPL Eliminator at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium.

Rajasthan posted 243 for 8, and won by 47 runs after SRH folded for 196 in 19.2 overs. Gavaskar's remark captured something real: the teenager's already drawn the kind of senior-level attention usually reserved for established stars. The former India captain has previously urged selectors to back him for India regardless of age.