When all-rounder Hardik Pandya was asked about his idol cricketer, he took such a name which fans were surprised to hear. This question was asked to him in a ‘rapid-fire’ round during the BCCI Awards ceremony held in Delhi. During this time, this question was also asked to Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi present on the stage.
Hardik Pandya’s idol cricketer
At the BCCI Awards ceremony, when players were asked about their childhood idol players, Hardik Pandya took the name of Wasim Jaffer. Top order batsman Jaffer scored 1944 runs in 31 Test matches for Team India, which included 5 centuries and 11 half-centuries. Apart from this, he played only 2 One Day International matches. Talking about first class cricket, Wasim Jaffer scored 19410 and 4849 runs in 260 first class and 118 list A matches respectively. He also played 23 T20s.
Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s idol cricketer?
Meanwhile, when the same question was asked to Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Samson took the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. Number-1 batsman in T20 rankings, Abhishek Sharma took the name of Yuvraj Singh, who is his mentor. 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi took the names of West Indies legends Brian Lara and Yuvraj Singh.
On the same platform, Sanju Samson revealed the conversation that took place before Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL debut, during which Samson was the captain of Rajasthan Royals. Samson told that before his debut, head coach Rahul Dravid called him and asked what to do? Vaibhav said, ‘If I get the first ball to be hit, I will hit it.’ During this, Dravid also started laughing. Vaibhav had created history in his debut season itself, he scored a century in 35 balls. This is the second fastest century in IPL history. He is the Indian player to score the fastest century in IPL.
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