India, May 1 -- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has taken apart some of the game's top pacers, smashing the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Arshdeep Singh from the outset. At 15, when most players might get scared of reputations and pressure, he has shown no such hesitation. For him, it is less about who the bowler is and more about reading the ball, judging the length early and backing himself to hit a big shot with his outstanding bat flow.

Now he could come up against another great fast bowler of this generation, Mitchell Starc, who has arrived in India after receiving clearance from Cricket Australia. One of Starc's immediate challenges could be halting the Sooryavanshi juggernaut in the RR vs DC clas...