Description: Mumbai, May 03, 2025 (ANI): On Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s stellar century in Indian Premier League match, Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden appreciated and said that the young boy uplifted the Rajasthan Royals team. He said, "...It is about what the kids are dreaming about, what their possibilities are...What will happen is that he will be embraced amongst the cricketing community...We hope he is enjoying the game, and the rest will follow...My advice is to always keep following in love with the game. This sport is about developing your character. It is a very hard sport. Just after his first 100, he also got out for duck. You have to keep finding ways to improve. The game itself challenges you."
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00:00Monday in the IPM, the Cricketing League IPM.
00:02Yes, indeed I did. I was commentating live on that game.
00:07Rajasthan Royals, they just lifted because of a young boy.
00:11And as I said, it's about the kids dreaming about what their possibilities are.
00:16Just not cricket, but a whole bunch of other sports as well.
00:19So, you know, very honoured to have the opportunity to catch that game.
00:23Do you think you can become really big and, you know, represent India in the national stage
00:27if you continue to do what you're doing?
00:30The great thing about sport is there is a lot of ifs.
00:34And so what will happen inevitably is that he'll be embraced amongst his cricketing community,
00:40his first-class cricket community, in fact, his club cricket community as well.
00:43So, you know, that's all in the pipeline for Suryavanchi.
00:47We just hope that he's, you know, having fun, enjoying the game, and then the rest will follow.
00:53As a former cricketer, and, you know, you've won the World Cup twice.
00:56What is your advice to the young guy from Suryavanchi?
01:00My advice is always to just keep falling in love with the game.
01:04Sport is about developing your character.
01:06It's a very hard sport.
01:08In fact, it was amazing, wasn't it, that just after his first hundred, he also gets a duck.
01:13So, you know, that's sport.
01:15You have to keep finding ways to improve.
01:18And most importantly, the game challenges you always.
01:21The game itself challenges you.
01:23So there's going to be lots in store for all of our young players.
01:26But you don't get better at doing less of it.
01:30So it's just about sticking at it.
01:32So it's a joke.