Vaibhav Sooryavanshi opens for India with a flurry of sixes

New Zealand Cricket's Short has passed two million views, with Indian batting highlights drawing unusual attention on the host team's channel.

Channel: New Zealand Cricket Story of October 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,213,751 views a day, 94 times a normal first day on this channel (12,968).

SO MANY SIXES! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Opens The Batting For India

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi sends his first ball straight down the ground for four. The next sequence is less about finding gaps than clearing the field altogether: short deliveries disappear over the leg side, and another shot flies over point into the crowd.

New Zealand Cricket's highlight captures an innings of 45 from 19 balls, including four sixes. Even Nathan Smith's diving effort near the boundary cannot bring one of those blows within reach. "The freshness of youth. The brilliance of youth," says a commentator as the shots keep coming.

The Short's opening-day views ran far beyond the channel's usual start. Its comment section was also much busier than normal, with viewers comparing Sooryavanshi's six-hitting to Chris Gayle's and recalling the attacking Sri Lankan opening partnership of Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana.

This is not the only Indian batting clip drawing attention there. A separate upload of Sooryavanshi's first ball in New Zealand has accelerated, while "Abhishek Sharma T20 Hundred From 35 Balls!" also opened well above the channel's usual pace for Shorts.

The Sooryavanshi highlights do leave room for New Zealand's reply. Fisher's first delivery brings a mistimed lofted shot and a catch in the outfield, ending the burst.

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The numbers

Sooryavanshi's batting Short drew far more views and comments than New Zealand Cricket's usual first day for the format.

the video's first day

usual first day here

12,968

this video

1,213,751

subscribers

2,010,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

total views

742,825,827

views per day

2,247,015

typical day: 954,094

the video

views

2,091,920

likes

35,041

comments

233

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Wimbledon

2,660,000

World Rugby

2,060,000

New Zealand Cricket

2,010,000

PGA Tour

1,780,000

World Surf League

1,660,000

All Blacks

1,420,000

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.