Harare, July 23 -- Harare is fast becoming Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's favourite stage. Months after dazzling the cricketing world with a century in the ICC Under-19 World Cup final at the Harare Sports Club, the 15-year-old prodigy returned to the same venue on Thursday to carve his name into the record books, becoming the youngest player ever to score a half-century in men's Twenty20 Internationals as India defeated Zimbabwe in the opening T20I.
The left-handed opener produced another fearless innings to anchor India's chase before reaching his maiden international fifty in memorable fashion.
Facing Richard Ngarava, Sooryavanshi mistimed a flat-batted stroke over the bowler and sprinted back for two runs to complete the landmark.
He acknowl...