'He is unbelievable, a great talent…': Harbhajan Singh on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

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Team India is all set to clash against Zimbabwe in the three-match T20I series. The first match is scheduled to be played on July 23 at the Harare Sports Club.

Ahead of the series, former Team India cricketer Harbhajan Singh has heaped praise on swashbuckling batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and labelled him as “unbelievable and a great talent”.

“The difference between today’s youth and the youth back then is the reach of today’s media and social media. Things happened back then too, but today they get highlighted a lot more. What Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is doing today, no one has ever done before. He is unbelievable, a great talent. I don’t think I have seen or faced a talent like that,” he said on JioStar.

The former cricketer then recalled an anecdote involving legendary cricketer Rahul Dravid.

“I think the biggest change is that people are accepting players with that fearless mindset and their approach of playing the way they want to. “Rahul Dravid was the coach of that team, and he asked Sooryavanshi, ‘What will you do on the first ball?’ He said, ‘If the first ball is in my arc, I will smash it.” And he actually did. He hit a six off the very first ball he faced in his IPL career, against Shardul Thakur,” recalled Harbhajan.

Since Shreyas Iyer‘s appointment as captain in the shortest format, Team India has suffered two consecutive defeats against Ireland and England. It will be interesting to see if Iyer and his men bounce back against Zimbabwe.

Additionally, wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson has been dropped from India’s squad for the upcoming series.

The second and third T20I matches between the teams will be played on July 25 and 26, respectively, at the same venue.

IND vs ZIM 1st T20I: Full squads

India: Shreyas Iyer (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Rinku Singh, Shivam Dube, Abhishek Sharma, Yash Thakur, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Harsh Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Mayank Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Prince Yadav, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (C), Ryan Burl, Wellington Masakadza, Tafadzwa Tsiga (WK), Richard Ngarava, Wesley Madhevere, Milton Shumba, Dion Myers, Blessing Muzarabani, Brad Evans, Ben Curran, Tadiwanashe Marumani (WK), Tanaka Chivanga, Brian Bennett, Newman Nyamhuri.

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