Justin Langer: Not Sachin Tendulkar, not Virat Kohli: Former Australian cricketer reveals Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the first cricketer he asked for a selfie | Cricket News

The Rise of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi indian cricket Progress has been rapid and the 15-year-old is now on the verge of another milestone. He is expected to make his debut in the first T20I against Ireland in Belfast on Friday, which will make him India’s youngest international cricketer.If selected, Sooryavanshi will be 15 years and 91 days older than Sachin Tendulkar He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989, when he was 16 years and 205 days old. The youngster is expected to make his debut after a strong start to the IPL season. rajasthan royalshe scored 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.30, becoming the highest scorer in the tournament.Just a few days ago, while playing for India A against Sri Lanka A, Suryavanshi broke the record for the fastest half-century in Class A cricket, reaching the milestone in just 11 balls.As anticipation builds for his possible debut, the former Australia opener and Lucknow Supergiants coach Justin Lange has joined a growing list of cricketers praising the teenager.“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is only the second selfie I’ve asked for! The other one is of me as a kid with the AFL champions,” Langer told BBC Sport.“I said ‘I’ve never done this before in the IPL, but do you mind if we take a selfie together? Because I’m in awe of your talent, I’m in awe of your mentality, I’m in awe of the way you play cricket’. It was exciting to watch him bat.”“What makes him so special? He has extraordinary hands. I always say the really great players, their hands are like hoses in a swimming pool,” the former Australia batsman added.“He almost formed a figure eight with his hands on the backswing. You know, it’s small, it’s subtle, but they’re so loose.”

“A lot of left-handed players, when they try to hit a six, they go from around the sight screen to the leg side, unlike Sooryavanshi, Sooryavanshi was preparing to hit the ball from the side,” said Langer, adding, “The first ball of his IPL career, he hit a six. Not like a lot of left-handers, not over long-on and not over deep mid-wicket. He hit a six and the ball came back about 20 rows into the stands.”