15-YEAR-OLD CONTINUES TO CREATE HISTORY

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi created history for India ‘A’ on Sunday, breaking the world record for the fastest- ever List A fifty off only 11 balls. Sooryavanshi had the chance to equal the fastest-ever hundred in List A cricket as well – all at the age of 15 – but fell just six runs short as he was dismissed for a match- winning 94 off 29 balls with 8 sixes in the 50-over tri- series final vs Sri Lanka A at Dambulla. Sooryavanshi broke the record of Sri Lanka’s Kaushalya Weeraratne, who had slammed a 12-ball

fifty some 21 years back. The India ‘A’ opener’s blazing knock set up his side’s 66-run win in the final against hosts Sri Lanka. “I hadn’t thought of anything. Just wanted to execute what I planned in the first ten and take it forward from there,” Sooryavanshi said after being named ‘Player of the Match’ in the final on Sunday. “No pressure. I wasn’t executing what I wanted. But after consulting with the coaches, I got it right. Learnt a lot this series,” he said. The world is now eagerly awaiting the debut of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in international cricket with Team India. Sooryavanshi will become youngest- ever debutant for Team India, if he turns out for Shreyas Lyer’s side in the first T20I against Ireland at the Civil Service Cricket Club ground in Belfast on Friday. He will beat the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had made his international debut at the age of 16 years and 2025 days against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989 in a Test match.