India, April 22 -- Jasprit Bumrah couldn't do it. Neither could Josh Hazlewood nor Bhuvneshwar Kumar. With absolute disdain, showing little regard for reputation or seniority, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had taken each of the seasoned campaigners to the cleaners this season. That audacity shot his stocks up, with experts even urging the BCCI to fast-track the teenage prodigy into the Indian team straight after IPL 2026.

However, on Wednesday, Sooryavanshi was strangled in a fashion not witnessed before this season. Mohsin Khan of the Lucknow Super Giants did not just contain him-he forced the left-hander into submission with a near-perfect tactical trap.

Mohsin bowled a maiden over to Sooryavanshi-the first such instance against the batter thi...