India, May 28 -- The cricketing world cannot stop heaping praise on Rajasthan Royals prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and on May 27 in the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he once again showed why every bit of that admiration is deserved for the explosive 15-year-old batter.

His fearless approach and aggressive intent from ball one have added a new dimension to modern T20 batting. More importantly, it has put pressure on both experienced campaigners and upcoming talents to elevate their own standards if they want to stay ahead of him in the race for a spot in India's T20I setup.

Sooryavanshi's blistering 97 off just 29 balls at the New Chandigarh Stadium fell agonisingly short of a historic century, but it shattered long-standing re...