# Uthappa says Sooryavanshi could outdo Tendulkar in white-ball cricket 2026-08-06T11:06:54+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Former India batter Robin Uthappa said 15 year old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could have a bigger impact on white-ball cricket than Sachin Tendulkar, speaking on the CommBoxTV show, according to NDTV Sports. Uthappa pointed to Sooryavanshi's two IPL seasons and a recent international debut in which he scored 151 runs in three T20Is against Zimbabwe, winning both the player of the match and player of the series awards, after an earlier difficult run in England. Uthappa also warned that young talents like Vinod Kambli and Prithvi Shaw had once drawn similar excitement before fading, and said the coming years, not the current hype, would decide whether Sooryavanshi could stay focused while avoiding the distractions of endorsements and growing public attention as he matures. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Uthappa's own qualifier, that how Sooryavanshi is managed will matter, does more work here than the Tendulkar comparison itself: three poor knocks in England followed by 151 runs and two match awards against Zimbabwe is a small, uneven sample to hang a career projection on. His references to Kambli and Shaw are the real point, both were once tipped for greatness at a similar age before fading, and Uthappa is using them as a caution rather than a forecast of Sooryavanshi's ceiling. He also credits the teenager with turning down endorsement deals so far, which he frames as the bigger long-term risk once fame grows. The comparison will only be tested by how Sooryavanshi performs over years of international cricket, not by two IPL seasons or one T20I series against Zimbabwe. ## Coverage - sports.ndtv.com Tags: IPL, Sachin Tendulkar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ex-india-star-predicts-major-white-ball-impact-for-vaibhav-sooryavanshi/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ex-india-star-predicts-major-white-ball-impact-for-vaibhav-sooryavanshi/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.