NEW DELHI: Ishan Kishan and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi shared a fun moment after East Zone’s memorable Duleep Trophy 2026/27 triumph. Kishan, who captained East Zone in the final against South Zone, had a light-hearted exchange with his 15-year-old deputy over who should get the credit for the successful DRS calls during the match.Kishan had a memorable final, scoring more than 350 runs across the two innings, including a stunning 270 in the first innings, and was named Player of the Match.
‘Vaibhav is the one!’
Kishan jokingly claimed that Sooryavanshi had taken all the credit for the DRS calls, even though the captain was the one who was initially going to take the reviews.“Yeh sab review mein credit le hi liya hai har jagah. Bhale main lene waala tha review, but aake mast bol deta tha main aapke paas aa jaata hu. Phir toh internet will be like: Vaibhav! My goodness! Vaibhav is the one! Toh bohot acche se isne woh kaarya nibhaya hai. (I am very happy (He has taken all the credit for the review everywhere. Even though I was about to take the review, he would come and say it so confidently, ‘I’ll come to you’. Then the internet will be like: Vaibhav!),” Kishan said in a video posted on BCCI‘s social media handle.Sooryavanshi was quick with his reply.“Aur jab field ke bahar jaa rahe the tab kon le raha tha review? Yeh bhi toh bata dijiye! (When we were going off the field, who was taking the reviews then? Tell us that too!)”Kishan then praised the teenager’s leadership qualities and suggested that Sooryavanshi could have a bright future as a captain.“Haan, that was Vaibhav himself! Yes. Future captain, maybe? Let’s see how it goes. But it’s very good to have him in the team because more than a very good player, he’s a very nice boy who takes care of each and every one in the team, whether it’s a junior player or senior.”Kishan then jokingly corrected himself when talking about Sooryavanshi being a junior.“Achha, junior toh tu hi hua (Oh, you are not a junior anymore now), sorry, sorry. That is one quality which I love about him. Hopefully, he’ll be more dangerous than what he is today.“I think it’s not going to be his first or the last. I think he’s gonna play many more like this, and he’ll keep performing the way he’s doing right now,” he stated.
Sooryavanshi praises Kishan’s knock
Sooryavanshi also spoke about the fun atmosphere in the East Zone camp and praised Kishan for his outstanding batting performance in the final.“The way we were off the field and the way we were enjoying inside, it was a lot of fun. The way he batted in the final, it was unbelievable. I can’t say anything much about it.“I think the match changed from there and as a captain, a lot of people have been watching and playing under him for a long time. It was a lot of fun to play in his captaincy. We enjoyed a lot.”
‘The most important thing is to enjoy’
Kishan ended the exchange by stressing the importance of enjoying the game as a team.“The most important thing is to enjoy. The result is not in our hands, but to enjoy as a team is very important. Sorry, the result is in our hands right now, but it’s very important to enjoy.”
