Bhuvneshwar Kumar was all praise for Vaibhav Suryavanshi after the Royal Challengers Bengaluru attack was taken apart by the wonderkid. His sensational innings took the game away from the visiting side and helped Rajasthan Royals maintain its all-win record this season.

“The way he is hitting, it is not slogging, and he is playing proper cricket shots,” Bhuvneshwar said. “For a 15-year-old, he is too mature. He deserves all the credit for the way he is batting.

The seamer said RCB’s score (201 for eight) was alright. “Though we lost wickets in the PowerPlay, our run-rate was adequate for a T20 game,” he said. “Because of the way Rajat Patidar and Venkatesh Iyer batted, we were able to get a par score. But Survyanshi took the game away from us in the PowerPlay. We still took the match into the 19th over, though it was a tough game overall for us. We fought well, though.”

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Bhuvaneshwar admitted his team could not implement some of the plans. “But that is part and parcel of T20 cricket,” he said. “So we are not worried much.”

RCB was a spinner short because Venkatesh was brought in as the Impact Player.

“We had only one left-arm spinner, as we used an Impact Player instead of Suyash,” he said. “We didn’t have a leg-spinner or an off-break bowler, and for a left-arm bowler to face a left-arm batter, it is easier,” added Bhuvaneshwar.

Published on Apr 11, 2026