Former England batter Mark Butcher said watching Vaibhav Suryavanshi bat reminds him of legendary West Indies all-rounder Gary Sobers. Butcher said Suryavanshi’s bat flow is similarly with former WI left-hander and the youngster drives power through his legs.

Suryavanshi was at his absolute best in the Under-19 World Cup final against England as he smashed a magnum opus knock of 175 runs off just 80 balls and was awarded Player of the Match.

The prodigy left-hander clobbered 15 fours and as many sixes in his blistering knock as he scored his runs at a strike rate of 218.75. Ergo, he played an instrumental role in helping India post a gargantuan total of 411 runs on the board.

The southpaw scored 439 runs in seven matches of the tournament at an average of 62.71 and a strike rate of 169.50 and thus was awarded Player of the Tournament.

Mark Butcher said on Wisden Cricket, “The first thing flashing in my head was Gary Sobers. The violence in the bat swing, timing and purity of the contact. The hand speed, the way that he uses his legs in the ground, the way the bat literally follows through all the way around until it slaps in the middle of his back was pure Sobers.”

Butcher said the prodigy batter uses his leg to drive his bat swing and makes almost a full circle till his bat meets his lower back.

“I would urge people from a different generation, who don’t have that picture of Sir Gary in their minds eye to seek out the video of him hitting six sixes off Malcolm Nash at Swansea and just watch. I swear to God it looks exactly the same. It’s just astonishing to watch in terms of the way he uses his legs to drive the bat swing and the way the bat swing just keeps going until it disappears and slaps him in the middle of his spine. It’s just pure Sobers,” Butcher said.

Suryavanshi scored 252 runs in seven matches of IPL 2025 for Rajasthan Royals at an average of 36 and a strike rate of 206.55 and thus hogged all the limelight.