Sooryavanshi surpasses Tendulkar to become India's youngest Int’l debutant

MANCHESTER, July 4: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old wonder booy from Bihar's Samastipur district, on Saturday became India's youngest debutant in international cricket surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar who held the record for nearly 37 years.

The contrast in eras and personalities could not be starker though.

At 16 years and 205 days, Tendulkar walked into the nation's collective consciousness with a game that was built on solid defence and artistic offence, defined by Mumbai's school of 'Khadoos' batsmanship.

At 15 years and 99 days, Sooryavanshi seems unfamiliar with the concept of defence, his style tailor-made for the demands of cricket's slam-bang T20 version. And he fittingly made his India debut in the same format, against England here in the second contest of the five-match series. (PTI)