India, April 14 -- At just 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has already become a nightmare for bowlers this IPL season. Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene had revealed earlier that there was specific planning in place to counter the Sooryavanshi threat. Yet, a rare lapse from Jasprit Bumrah, arguably the best T20 bowler in the world, saw the prodigy smash him for two sixes in five balls, including one off the very first delivery.

"I played the ball and not the bowler," he later said, underlining his maturity and composure.

If that wasn't enough, Sooryavanshi went on to take apart Josh Hazlewood days later, smashing him for 19 runs in an over, including three boundaries and a six off consecutive deliveries. He followed that up with two...