India, April 8 -- If we are not already there, we are fast approaching the point where Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's age should cease to be a talking point, once and for all.

How? How do you not talk about the extraordinary deeds of a man-child who celebrated his 15th birthday just ten days back? Let's talk about the extraordinary deeds, sure. But let's stop invoking 15 because what might be well-intentioned could end up having the exact opposite effect.

Why? Why must we disassociate (tender) age from (staggering) performance? Because in the last year, Sooryavanshi has shown that age is just a number (yes, we can use it for 15-year-olds too, not just for the 38 and 37-year-olds that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are respectively) and that he is...