Harare, July 23 -- India's teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi created history by becoming the youngest player to score a fifty in men's international cricket after smashing a 18-ball half-century against Zimbabwe in the first T20I in Harare on Thursday.

Sooryavanshi reached his maiden international fifty at the age of 15 years and 118 days, surpassing the previous record held by former India great Sachin Tendulkar, who was 16 years and 213 days old when he scored his maiden international fifty against Pakistan in a Test at Faisalabad in 1989.

Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, who scored his maiden international fifty at 16 years and 214 days in an ODI against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996, is third on the list. Former Pakistan batter...