Brett Lee Finally Settles Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Age Debate: ‘Is He 15?’

Aust alia
fast-bowli g
g eat
B ett
Lee
has
played
dow
the
co ti ued
questio s
a ou d
Vaibhav
Soo yava shi’s
age,
sayi g
the
tee age ‘s
c icket
should
matte
mo e
tha
speculatio
about
whethe
he
is
15,
16,
17
o
18.

Lee,
who
played
his
fi al
i te atio al
match
fo
Aust alia
i
2012,
believes
Soo yava shi
has
al eady
show
e ough
ability
to
p ove
that
he
belo gs
at
the
highest
level.

B ett
Lee
Dismisses
Questio s
Ove
Vaibhav
Soo yava shi’s
Age

Age- elated
discussio s
a ou d
Soo yava shi
have
followed
the
you g
batte
as
his
p ofile
has
g ow
apidly.
Lee
said
the
subject
emai s
a
talki g
poi t
outside
I dia,
but
a gued
that
it
should
ot
ove shadow
the
playe ‘s
ability.

Speaki g
o
the
Bee
Biceps
YouTube
cha el,
Lee
said:

“He
is
i c edible.
Eve yo e
offsho e,
away
f om
I dia,
asks
the
questio
if
he’s
15.
‘Is
he
15?’
is
p obably
the
biggest
talki g
poi t
a ou d
the
wo ld.
I
do ‘t
ca e
how
old
he
is.
If
he’s
15,
fa tastic,
but
if
he’s
17
o
18,
who
ca es?
This
kid
ca
play
c icket.
He
has
bee
such
a
g eat
fi d
fo
I dia,
a d
he’s
goi g
to
go
o
to
achieve
bigge
a d
bette
thi gs.”

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Soo yava shi
has
al eady
made
a
ma k
i
the
IPL,
p oduci g
a
se ies
of
imp essive
pe fo ma ces
despite
his
age.
Lee
poi ted
to
his
97
agai st
Su ise s
Hyde abad
as
a
example
of
the
batte ‘s
ability
agai st
high-quality
pace.

“He
has
al eady
lit
up
the
IPL
i
such
a
sho t
space
of
time.
That
97
he
got
(vs
SRH),
he
was
up
agai st
Aussie
bowle s.
They
we e
bowli g
gas,
a d
he
was
hooki g
them
off
his
ose.”

Lee
was
pa ticula ly
imp essed
by
the
tee age ‘s
shot-maki g
a d
powe ,
but
believes
ma agi g
expectatio s
will
be
just
as
impo ta t
as
imp ovi g
his
c icket.

“He
is
playi g
p ope
c icketi g
shots
a d
has
powe
that
he
fi ds
f om
somewhe e.
It
wo ‘t
be
his
fo m
o
batti g;
it’ll
o ly
be
his
mi d.
He
still
has
to
be
a
kid.
Let
him
be
a
kid
a d
do ‘t
put
too
much
p essu e.”

B ett
Lee
Explai s
How
He
Would
Bowl
To
Vaibhav
Soo yava shi

Lee
also
discussed
how
he
would
have
app oached
bowli g
to
Soo yava shi,
pa ticula ly
give
the
you gste ‘s
st e gth
agai st
sho t-pitched
delive ies.

The
fo me
Aust alia
pace
said
he
e joyed
faci g
batte s
who
we e
co fide t
agai st
the
hook
a d
pull
because
it
c eated
a
di ect
co test
betwee
bowle
a d
batte .

“If
someo e
was
a
good
hooke
o
pulle
of
the
ball,
I
used
to
love
that
because
the
it
becomes
a
co test.”

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Lee
said
he
would
study
the
batte
befo e
testi g
him
with
pace
a d
bou ce.

“So
of
cou se
I
would
go
i to
the
boa d oom,
go
upstai s
a d
have
a
look.
I’ll
put
o e
o
his
badge
a d
see
what
he
does
with
it.”

Eve
if
Soo yava shi
ma aged
to
clea
the
bou da y,
Lee
said
he
would
ot
immediately
aba do
the
pla .

“He
might
hook
me
fo
six,
but
it
wo ‘t
discou age
me
f om
givi g
him
a othe
o e.”

Fo
Lee,
the
bigge
challe ge
ow
is
e su i g
Soo yava shi
develops
without
ca yi g
the
weight
of
expectatio s
that
ofte
comes
with
ea ly
success.

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