Vaibhav Suryavanshi also won hearts after the match, dedicated his award to these special people

Sanjeev Kumar

khelja|07-02-2026

To whom did Vaibhav dedicate his award? (Photo- GETTY)

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi had the biggest contribution in India's historic victory in the final of Under-19 World Cup 2026. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a stormy innings in this match and made the team champion. However, Vaibhav Suryavanshi not only won the match but also won everyone's hearts after the match. Actually, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was chosen as Player of the Match as well as Player of the Tournament. But he dedicated these awards to special people.

To whom did Vaibhav dedicate his award?

The final match was very memorable for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He scored a stormy inning of 175 runs in 80 balls, which included 15 fours and 15 sixes. Due to his strong innings, the team scored 411 runs in 50 overs and won the match by a margin of 100 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi was chosen Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament in the post match presentation. The special thing was that Vaibhav Suryavanshi dedicated his awards to the coaching staff. He said that this coaching staff has worked very hard on the players in the last few months.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi said in the post match presentation, 'It feels very good. Complete preparation, hard work of the support staff, Asia Cup and the previous series, all these have taken us to this moment. We didn't take too much pressure, just kept it simple and did what we have been doing in the tournament. The preparation has been very good, not only for the Asia Cup, but for the last 8-9 months everyone has worked hard. We know how much work we have done. I was confident in my skills and knew that I had the ability to perform in big matches.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi's performance was like this

This entire tournament was very memorable for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 439 runs in 7 matches at an average of 62.71. During this period, apart from 1 century, he also scored 3 half-centuries. Vaibhav hit 41 fours and 30 sixes in these 7 innings, which is the highest compared to other players. Apart from this, he also became the highest run scoring batsman from India.