‘Got to know about Gayle’s record after dismissal:Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reveals he was unaware of Chris’ records

Rajasthan opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 97 runs off 29 balls against Hyderabad in the IPL Eliminator on Wednesday. He missed Chris Gayle’s record for the fastest century in IPL history (30 balls). After the match, Vaibhav was asked if he was aware of the fastest century record. He said, ‘I only came to know about this record after getting out. At that time, my entire focus was just on scoring as many runs as possible for the team. Centuries will keep happening in the future, but right now our entire focus is on how to win the trophy for the team.’ Vaibhav said, ‘When we win, we just carry that positive approach forward and focus on the next match. Our effort is to win the next match in the same way and reach the final.’ Got dismissed on Prafull Hinge’s ball Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was caught at third man on Prafull Hinge’s delivery in the 8th over. On this, Vaibhav said, ‘I was not thinking about a century, but I played that shot after seeing the fielders on the ground, and the timing went wrong. If I had let the ball go straight towards the third man, it would have easily crossed the boundary.’ Sooryavanshi shattered Gayle’s 14-year-old record Vaibhav might have missed a century, but he broke Chris Gayle’s 14-year-old record for hitting the most sixes in a season. Vaibhav now has 65 sixes this season. On the planning of opposing teams, Vaibhav said, “What the opposing team is planning, that’s their job. I only focus on my plan and play normal cricket.” After Vaibhav breached Gayle’s record tally on Wednesday, the former Caribbean hitter said to Indian Sports Network: I had already said that if anyone can break my record, it would only be Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Today, I am extremely happy that Vaibhav Suryavanshi has broken my record of most sixes in a single season. Doing this at just 15 years of age is not easy, and no one in the world has achieved this feat at such a young age. Know what people said about Vaibhav’s batting Key pointers regarding Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Vaibhav was asked if it was on his mind that this was a big knockout match. He said, ‘Yes, it was definitely somewhere in my mind.’ Vaibhav said – Before the match, all the coaches told me to do exactly what I had done during net practice on the field. I was advised to enjoy the game and not take extra pressure.’ Vaibhav believes that the team could have scored more than this. He said, ‘No, even after I got out, I felt that it was possible to score more than 260 on this pitch.’