Sooryavanshi bagged the Player-of-the-Series award in the T20I tour of Zimbabwe.
This performance came after Sooryavanshi failed to make a mark in his debut T20I series against England earlier this month, registering scores of 14, 13 and 15 before being benched in the final game.
However, the 15-year-old made a great comeback against Zimbabwe, where he amassed 151 runs at a strike rate of 196.10 with two half-centuries in three innings.
Impressed with his exploits, former India cricketer Robin Uthappa heaped praise on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, comparing his batting technique with the legendary Sir Donald Bradman.
Uthappa noted they share a rare technique that avoids LBW dismissals and face similar short-pitched body-line bowling tactics from opponents.
"It's hard to say that now. We haven't really seen the bowlers respond to what Vaibhav is doing. People are just coming to terms with the way he's batting. So we'll have to wait and see. Because when Bradman was batting the way he did, what they resorted to was bodyline. Vaibhav has a similar technique to Bradman, where he almost never got out LBW," Uthappa said in a video on his YouTube channel.
Uthappa stated that if Sooryavanshi can sustain a batting average in the high 40s while maintaining his characteristically high strike rate, he will be considered a true outlier in modern cricket.
Uthappa also wondered whether Bradman would have been able to maintain his iconic 99.94 Test average or even cross a 100 average if his career had not been interrupted by World War II, which cost the Australian icon an estimated 30 additional Test matches during his prime years.
"If Vaibhav can maintain an average in the high 40s with his strike rate, he could be considered an outlier. It would have also been interesting to see if the World War 2 hadn't happened and Bradman had played 30 Tests more, would be have still averaged 99 or over a 100?"
"Outliers also happen a lot more now than ever before. It's because people aren't reliant on traditional bowling or batting techniques. Any technique has become more acceptable today. More players are relying on their natural god-given ability than a particular way of playing," Uthappa stated.
"That's why an MS Dhoni was accepted as he did his own thing, similar to Vaibhav now, who's doing his own thing. Yet, you still enjoy a Sachin Tendulkar, Shubman Gill or Virat Kohli, who bat their own way as well," he further remarked.