New Delhi, July 4 -- Some records were considered untouchable. For 37 years, one of them belonged to Sachin Tendulkar. On Saturday evening at Old Trafford, Manchester, a teenager from Bihar rewrote it.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player ever to represent India in international cricket after being named in the playing XI for the second T20I of the five-match series against England. At 15 years and 99 days, the left-handed opener eclipsed Tendulkar's long-standing mark. The legend was 16 years and 205 days old when he made his Test debut against Pakistan in November 1989.

The moment itself was fittingly emotional. As India gathered in a huddle before the match, the 15-year-old received his maiden India cap from Tilak Varma, w...