Wasim Akram cites Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to question PSL's decade-long failure: ‘When we produce a talent like him…’
Cricket legend Wasim Akram has criticized the Pakistan Super League for failing to develop young batting talent over its ten-year history. He cited India's 15-year-old sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as a benchmark for the type of transformative player Pakistan needs to produce.
Why it matters
The critique highlights systemic issues in Pakistan's cricket development pipeline compared to India's successful youth integration strategies.
Wasim Akram has held up India’s teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an example while questioning Pakistan Super League’s failure to produce a similarly transformative batting talent despite the competition having completed a decade.The Pakistan great, who has been closely associated with franchise cricket in both countries through coaching and mentoring roles, argued that the PSL has unearthed several quality bowlers but has struggled to provide Pakistan with a comparable stream of young batters. Akram made the remarks during a media interaction in Lahore.Sooryavanshi has rapidly emerged as one of the most talked-about young cricketers in India after making an extraordinary impact in the IPL.
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