India, June 6 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has done it. At 15, he has become the youngest player ever to earn a call-up to an Indian international squad after being named in the teams for the upcoming T20I series against Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games in September. Public opinion had already delivered its verdict, while several former cricketers had strongly backed his selection. Sooryavanshi left little to chance, making himself impossible to ignore with a mountain of runs, prompting chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar to admit that the committee had little option but to pick him.

And it's tough to argue why. The cricketing world is already in awe of Sooryavanshi's feats, with the youngster hardly putting a foot wrong in his ...