India, June 6 -- At 13, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest to be picked in an IPL auction. At 14, he became the youngest to score an IPL hundred. At 15, he is in line to become the youngest to play T20Is among cricketers from full member nations.

"I think he just has picked himself really," chief selector Ajit Agarkar told the media on Saturday after naming the baby-faced slayer of bowlers as the 16th member of the India squad for the Ireland and England T20Is in June-July.

The Rajasthan Royals left-hander's rise has been meteoric after he followed up his smashing first IPL season (252 runs, SR 207) with a phenomenal follow-up (776 runs, SR 237). He hit an astonishing 72 sixes in IPL 2026 to go past Chris Gayle's all-time record....