India, May 5 -- Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar reacted to the growing chorus, saying that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is more than ready for international cricket, but limited that to T20s for now. Manjrekar pointed to his groundbreaking IPL 2026 run, where he took apart world-class bowlers, including Jasprit Bumrah, with a fearless brand of cricket, but also offered him a lesson in "respect."

Sooryavanshi, now 15, took world cricket by storm last year with a historic century in his debut IPL season, before backing it up with notable performances in domestic cricket and at the under-19 level, including a record 175 in the U-19 World Cup final earlier this year. In IPL 2026, he went a notch higher, smashing 404 runs in 10 matches at a stag...