“At Such A Young Age…”: PM Narendra Modi Hails Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s Sensational IPL Century

The astonishing skills in the teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi caught the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who praised the `son of the Bihar ” on Sunday for having worked extremely strong on his profession which helped him play without fear on the big stage. Modi mentioned Vaibhav’s striker in his video address during the inauguration of Khelo India youth Games at Bihar. Suryavanshi, 14, who comes from Samastipur du Bihar, has become a toast of the cricket world when he recently struck an amazing 35-ball for the Royals of Rajasthan against Gujarat Titans in IPL.

“I saw in the IPL, the son of the Bihar, the spectacular performance of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. At such a young age, Vaibhav established such a good record. There is a lot of hard work behind the performance of Vaibhav,” said Modi in his address.

Modi said that the training resolved and several games he played to be ready for major challenges contributed to the success of Suryavanshi and encouraged young people to put hard lessons and to compete intensely. “To put his talent in the foreground, he has played many games at different levels. The more you play, the more you shine. Competition in matches and competitions as much as possible is very important. The government of the NDA has always given it the highest priority of its policies.

“The government focuses on the possibility of practicing new sports. Modi has declared that sports occupy an important place in the development of its government policies.

“There is a new national education policy, in which we have done sport part of traditional education. The purpose of this policy is to create excellent sports professionals as well as good players in the country.

“My young friends, we know that the sporting spirit plays a very important role in all aspects of life. We learn team spirit in the field of sport. We learn to move forward together,” he said.

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