India, June 21 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already cleared the talent test. That was never the real question around him. The 15-year-old has been spoken about as one of Indian cricket's most exciting batting prospects after a stunning rise through age-group cricket, the IPL and now India A cricket. But as India A prepare to face Sri Lanka A in the final of the tri-nation series in Dambulla, the question around Vaibhav has changed. It is no longer about whether he can hit the ball harder than most boys of his age. It is about whether he can manage a bigger stage with the maturity of someone ready for senior cricket.

That is why the final could be his first real big test in his cricketing journey.

Vaibhav's tournament has not been a failu...