India, April 10 -- Virat Kohli is into his 19th Indian Premier League season. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is playing only his second. Kohli, at 38, is nearing the end of his career; Sooryavanshi is just beginning. One is a legend, the other is still finding his feet. One is a champion, the other a potential one in the making. And yet, the common thread binding the two is aggression. Kohli has mastered it, while Sooryavanshi has already shown he isn't one for a quiet demeanour. If anything, at just 15, a fiery streak is only natural. What sets him apart, though, is a sense of grounding beyond his years, a trait that could shape both his rise and the path he chooses from here.

Kohli and Sooryavanshi will take the field together later tonight, but...