15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes India’s youngest international cricketer

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest cricketer to play international cricket for India at the age of 15 on Saturday (Source: Photo by ANI)

The teenage sensation was handed his maiden cap ahead of India’s second T20I against England at Old Trafford by Tilak Varma (Source: Photo by ANI)

Sooryavanshi has thus broken Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing record for the youngest Indian debutant in men’s international cricket (Source: Photo by ANI)

Tendulkar had famously made his debut aged 16 years 205 days old in a Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989 and Sooryavanshi is 15 years and 99 days old (Source: Photo by ANI)

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi began his senior Indian career with a 10-ball 14 runs in an innings which had two sixes (Source: Photo by ANI)

The 15-year-old batter started in his usual aggressive tone, slamming his first six in the first ball of the 2nd over, bowled by Rajasthan Royals teammate Jofra Archer (Source: Photo by ANI)

His second came at the expense of another debutant Josh Tongue who was taken for a six off the first ball of the third over as well (Source: Photo by ANI)

The teenager finally was bamboozled by Will Jacks in the 5th over after he tried to come down the tracks and attempt a cut. He missed the stroke and was stumped by Jos Buttler for 14 (Source: Photo by ANI)

At 15 years and 99 days, Sooryavanshi seems unfamiliar with the concept of defence, his style tailor-made for the demands of cricket’s slam-bang T20 version. And he fittingly made his India debut in the same format, against England in the second contest of the five-match series (Source: Photo by ANI)