East Zone opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest half-centurion in Duleep Trophy history after smashing an 81-ball 92 against Central Zone on day two of the semifinal.
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi delivered a sensational performance on day two of East Zone's Duleep Trophy semifinal against Central Zone, smashing an 81-ball 92 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence to help his side match Central in the first innings.
In doing so, Sooryavanshi became the youngest half-centurion in Duleep Trophy history, breaking Rajasthan batter Laxman Singh's record from January 1969, when Singh achieved the feat for Central Zone at age 16.
Sooryavanshi's explosive 118-minute innings was studded with seven sixes and seven fours. He put on a glorious 161-run opening stand alongside Abhimanyu Easwaran, who scored 69 off 106 balls with eight boundaries.
The teenager took on the opposition attack early, hitting pacer Yash Thakur for a flurry of fours and two sixes. Although he was dropped on 40 at backward point by Yash Rathod off Saransh Jain, Sooryavanshi remained unaffected and completed his half-century off just 42 balls by hoisting Saransh over long-on.
He continued his assault with maximums off medium-pacer Aryan Panday and left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey, before launching another blitzkrieg against Saransh by hitting him over long-off, reverse-sweeping him for four, and muscling him over cow-corner. Sooryavanshi's entertaining stay finally ended when he was caught at deep mid-wicket off Dubey while attempting another hoick.
Reporting sourced from The Hindu Cricket. Photo courtesy The Hindu Cricket.