<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ipl-2026-vaibhav-sooryavanshi-scores-103-in-37-as-rr-score-228-against-srh-23627482" rel="nofollow">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi</a> has earned a &ldquo;new fan&rdquo; with his amazing pyrotechnics and Australian skipper Pat Cummins loves the way the 15-year-old bats.
Sooryavanshi, Rajasthan Royals&rsquo;s chubby-cheeked batting sensation who has taken the cricket world by storm, scored his second IPL ton &mdash; 103 off 37 balls &mdash; albeit it came in a losing cause against the Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2026/apr/Pat-Cummins-uj_e.jpg" alt="Pat Cummins" width="1280" height="720" /> Pat Cummins
&ldquo;Yeah, I think he&rsquo;s my new favourite player. He hits the ball so hard, it&rsquo;s great to watch. It&rsquo;s good fun,&rdquo; Cummins, the World <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/harbhajan-singh-stresses-on-prioritising-test-cricket-amid-rising-hype-of-shortest-format-23627306" rel="nofollow">Test</a> Championship and ODI World Cup-winning Australian skipper said after SRH&rsquo;s five-wicket win on Saturday.
Cummins is impressed with the kind of start Sooryavanshi has had to his career. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to be right on the money as a bowler, because if you&rsquo;re not, it&rsquo;s going a long way. So he&rsquo;s impressive. Yeah, he&rsquo;s had a great start to his career and yeah, I love the way he plays,&rdquo; Cummins said.
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