Patna, June 21 -- As Vaibhav Sooryavanshi delivered a stunning innings against the Sri Lanka A team, his coach, Manish Ojha, praised his intent and ability to capitalize on loose deliveries, highlighting his powerful shots over cover and down the ground.

Sooryavanshi continued his meteoric rise in world cricket with a breathtaking innings of 94 off just 29 balls, including the fastest half-century in List A cricket history, during the tri-series final between India A and Sri Lanka A at Dambulla on Sunday in Sri Lanka.

The 15-year-old opener rewrote the record books by racing to his maiden India A fifty in only 11 deliveries, surpassing the previous List A record of a 12-ball half-century set by Sri Lanka's Kaushalya Weeraratne more than...