New Delhi, June 2 -- Before the just-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) started on March 28, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had set a target for himself and wrote it down on his Notes app on his phone. After 64 days, Sooryavanshi's manifestation came true as the 15-year-old walked home with as many as five honours, including the Orange Cap and Most Valuable Player of the Season awards, thus leaving behind the likes of Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill among top names.

After 16 matches, Sooryavanshi finished with 776 runs at a strike rate of 237.30, including one century. He could have added three more and matched Kohli for most hundreds in an IPL season, had he not be dismissed thrice on nineties, including two in the playoffs alone. The southpaw al...