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Ex-Australia international Justin Langer, coach of Lucknow Super Giants, and was, like Sooryavanshi, a left-handed opener.<\/i><\/p>\n
“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is only the second selfie I’ve ever asked for! The other was with an AFL champion who I used to watch when I was a little kid. <\/p>\n
“I said ‘I’ve never done this before in the IPL, but do you mind if we have a selfie together? Because I am in awe of your talent, I’m in awe of your mindset, I’m in awe of the way you play cricket’. Watching him bat is mind-blowing.<\/p>\n
“What makes him so special? He’s got extraordinary hands. I always say the really great players, their hands are like a hose in a swimming pool.<\/p>\n
“He almost does a figure-eight in his hands in his backswing. You know, it’s tiny, it’s subtle, but they’re just so loose.<\/p>\n
“A lot of left-handers, when they’re trying to hit sixes, they go from the sight screen round to the leg side, which is different with Sooryavanshi who sets up to hit it off side. <\/p>\n
“First ball of his IPL career, he hit a six over cover. Not over long-on, not over deep mid-wicket like a lot of left-handers. He hit a six over cover and it went about 20 rows back into the stand.<\/p>\n
“This kid not only has the game and the curiosity and hand-eye coordination, but also the hunger to score more and more runs. He is also so humble. That’s the mark of a champion player.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n