Dhawan Warns Vaibhav Suryavanshi About 'Name, Fame, Money' ahead of next IPL

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's brilliant performance in the debut season of IPL

Vaibhav Suryavanshi had shown his talent in the under-19, and based on this, he forced all the IPL franchises to be attracted to him. He came into the limelight before IPL when Rajasthan Royals bought him for Rs 1.1 crore in the IPL 2025 auction. After this, Indian cricket fans were happy that by staying with a great cricketer like Rahul Dravid in the Rajasthan Royals, he would definitely improve his game a lot. It was certainly a big deal for a 13-year-old to make a place for himself in the biggest league in the cricketing world. However, till then it seemed that Rajasthan Royals might not play him right now and would only focus on his development. 

However, proving all predictions wrong, Suryavanshi made his debut for the Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025. In his IPL debut match, Vaibhav surprised everyone by scoring 34 runs in 20 balls against Gujarat Titans. 

In his third match itself, he scored the fastest century by an Indian in IPL history by scoring 101 runs in 38 balls against the Gujarat Titans. His century won the hearts of not only Indian but also foreign cricketers. In the last two matches of IPL too, they played against Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings, Suryavanshi scored 40 and 57 runs, which proved that they are fully ready for the big stage. Overall, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 252 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of 206 in IPL 2025. The kind of performance Vaibhav gave in IPL 2025 was evident that his future and the future of Indian cricket are safe.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s IPL 2025 Stats

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 252 runs at a strike rate of 206 in the 7 matches he played in IPL 2025, which also includes a brilliant century against the Gujarat Titans. 

Shikhar Dhawan advises Vaibhav Suryavanshi to handle fame and money properly

Big success at a young age, sudden fame, and money can definitely spoil the future of any young player. Sometimes, big successes from the IPL distract young players from their goals. Prithvi Shaw, who is called the second Sachin Tendulkar of Indian cricket, is its prime example. No Indian would want a wonderful talent like Vaibhav to go to waste. For these reasons, recently, Shikhar Dhawan, during a recent chat with Hindustan Times, warned Suryavanshi about all these things. Talking about Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the former Indian batter said that he is only 14 years old and playing IPL at such a young age is a big thing. The way he faces bowlers and chooses big shots at them shows his excellent confidence. 

Moreover, Shikhar Dhawan Said, “For him, the challenge is going to be how he is gonna handle the fame, the attention, and the money as well. A blessing that happened to him is that he was in great hands…. Rahul Dravid and Vikram Paji. They are very, very good cricketers. They don't believe in making good, but good human beings as well. It's very important to be a good human being.”

While warning Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhawan said that in the upcoming IPL season, there will be many challenges for Suryavanshi. Now the teams know a lot about him and they will enter the match by making good plans against him.

“Vaibhav had to face new challenges and grow. How he takes care of his mental health will be very important going forward because expectations will rise. Self-confidence will rise as well. How he is going to handle all that stuff is what I'm looking forward to seeing,” Dhawan added.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's Recent Performance 

Recently, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was seen playing the under-19 Youth ODI matches against England. It seems there was an increase in performance after the IPL. Vaibhav's performance was good in all under-19 ODI matches. In the first match, he scored 48 runs in 19 balls with the help of 5 sixes. Whereas in the second match, he scored 45 runs in 34 balls with the help of 3 sixes. While giving a brilliant performance in the third match, he scored 86 runs in 31 balls with the help of 9 sixes. He has hit a total of 17 sixes in these three matches, while during IPL 2025, he also hit a total of 24 sixes. However, there are still two matches left to be played in this tour and Vaibhav is expected to do well in them too.