Former Cricketer Think Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's Technique is Similar To Don Bradman
Drawing parallels between the two, Uthappa stated that bowlers frequently used body-line bowling to prevent Bradman from scoring runs
XtraTime Newsdesk: How good is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi? That's the question that the entire cricketing world is attempting to answer. The adolescent batsman failed to have his bat do the talking against England, but he lit the stage on fire against Zimbabwe. He concluded the three-game series against Zimbabwe as the highest-scoring hitter and was awarded Player of the Series. Former India batsman Robin Uthappa, who won the IPL thrice in his career, has compared the India star's batting approach to that of the great Sir Donald Bradman.
Drawing parallels between the two, Uthappa stated that bowlers frequently used body-line bowling to prevent Bradman from scoring runs. Despite the fact that Sooryavanshi's career is still in its early stages, bowlers frequently use the same technique against him.
"It's hard to say that now. We haven't really seen the bowlers respond to what Vaibhav is doing. People are just coming to terms with the way he's batting. So we'll have to wait and see. Because when Bradman was batting the way he did, what they resorted to was bodyline. Vaibhav has a similar technique to Bradman, where he almost never got out LBW," he said in a video on his YouTube channel.
"If Vaibhav can maintain an average in the high 40s with his strike rate, he could be considered an outlier. It would have also been interesting to see if the World War 2 hadn't happened and Bradman had played 30 Tests more, would be have still averaged 99 or over a 100?"
Uthappa feels Sooryavanshi could be considered an 'outlier' if he continues to put up the sort of numbers he has so far in his career.
"Outliers also happen a lot more now than ever before. It's because people aren't reliant on traditional bowling or batting techniques. Any technique has become more acceptable today. More players are relying on their natural god-given ability than a particular way of playing," said Uthappa.
"That's why an MS Dhoni was accepted as he did his own thing, similar to Vaibhav now, who's doing his own thing. Yet, you still enjoy a Sachin Tendulkar, Shubman Gill or Virat Kohli, who bat their own way as well."
