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Sooryavanshi took 11 deliveries to score his fifty, and no one had ever done so in fewer balls. (X/BCCI)IND A vs SL A Tri-Nation Series Final Today Match Highlights: Sri Lanka A were all out for 312 chasing a mammoth target of 378 that India A set largely thanks to an unbelievable 94 in 29 balls by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. India A have thus won the Tri-Nation series. Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam got three wickets each.
50 in 11 balls! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashes List A world record in IND vs SL final
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India A may have batted the full 50 overs but the highlights was in the first nine when Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scaled the kind of assault that allowed the rest of the batting lineup to stroll along and still get to a score of 377/9. Sooryavanshi fell off the fifth ball of the ninth over but India had already got to a score of 132 by then. That was because the teenager smashed 94 runs in a scarcely believable 29 balls with 10 fours and eight sixes at a strike rate of 324.13.
One may say that 377 is hence quite a disappointing total that the Indians have got to. The next best score after Sooryavanshi’s was by captain Tilak Varma who took 90 deliveries to make his 67.
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, cricket’s next prodigy, needs a calming influence
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi lost his cool and ended up shoving a Sri Lankan player during India A vs Sri Lanka A Tri-Nation Series match in Dambulla. (Screengrab/X)
The tri-series in Dambulla, Sri Lanka was supposed to be another step in Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rise. Having earned a place in squads for India’s tours of Ireland and England and the Asian Games, the 15-year-old arrived with an opportunity to show that he could bridge the gap between age-group cricket and the next level. Sooryavanshi’s 79 runs in three matches aren’t very worrying. But his post-match altercation with Sri Lanka A players after India’s Super Over defeat on Monday raises questions. Television footage showed the teenager involved in a heated exchange that briefly turned physical. (READ MORE)
