Goa, Sept. 1 -- Fifteen-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi delivered a sensational performance on Day Two of the Duleep Trophy semi-final between East Zone and Central Zone at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru. Demonstrating remarkable confidence, the young left-hander smashed an 82-ball 92 to help East Zone level Central Zone's first-innings total of 266. Along the way, he became the youngest batter in Duleep Trophy history to score a half-century, breaking a 57-year-old record set by Laxman Singh in 1969.

Sooryavanshi made his aggressive intentions clear from the opening overs, attacking the Central Zone pacers with fearless strokeplay. Opening the innings alongside veteran Abhimanyu Easwaran-who made his first-class d...