India, Sept. 6 -- Day 1 of the Duleep Trophy final ended at 5:03 pm on Sunday in Chennai. As the players made their way into the pavilion after an extended third session, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi stuck around.

He walked towards a section of the Chepauk crowd that had spent the day chanting his name. Through the fence separating the stand from the playing area, spectators stretched out caps, notebooks, pieces of paper, jerseys - whatever they could grab - as Sooryavanshi made his way towards them. Basking in the appreciation, the 15-year-old obliged with autographs.

Around 12,000 fans had turned up at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday, filling the stands, with some even sporting Chennai Super Kings' yellow. ESPN noted that half an hour be...