Overview
- Shashi Tharoor publicly pressed the BCCI on X to fast-track Vaibhav Suryavanshi into the national team, invoking Sachin Tendulkar as a comparison and tagging Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, and Ajit Agarkar.
- Suryavanshi hammered 190 off 84 balls in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, reaching a 36-ball hundred and a 59-ball 150 to eclipse AB de Villiers’ men’s List A mark for the fastest 150.
- At 14 years and 272 days, he became the youngest batter to score a century in men’s List A cricket, achieving the feat in only his seventh game.
- His knock powered Bihar to a world-record List A total of 574/6, with captain Sakibul Gani striking a 32-ball century that was reported as the fastest by an Indian in List A cricket.
- Coverage also notes he is the first men’s player to record List A and T20 centuries before turning 15 and highlights recent feats including a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy ton and a 171 at the Under-19 Asia Cup, while no BCCI response has been reported.