‘People spoke about the short ball’: Ashwin lauds Sooryavanshi with Ponting comparison

3 min readUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 11:31 AM IST Former India spinner R Ashwin lauded Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s impressive returns in the Zimbabwe series after failing to live up to the billing in his debut series in England. As India blanked Zimbabwe 3-0, Sooryavanshi emerged as the standout batter in the side, finishing the series with a mature 49-ball 81 with seven fours and four sixes. The short ball had previously emerged as a problem for the 15-year-old in the T20I series in England, where he aggregated scores of 13, 14 and 15 in three outings.ALSO READ | How a note from father, who couldn’t speak, guided Saransh Jain to India call-up Ashwin, however, claimed that Sooryavanshi had nothing to alter in his technique to find success at the international level. Comparing the Bihar prodigy to Au