15-year-old cricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashes 15-ball IPL half century

• Rajasthan Royals opener hits third 50-plus score of his IPL career

• Coaches told youngster ‘to read the situation well and back my game’

Days after turning 15, Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi found a perfect way to celebrate, tearing to a 15-ball half-century in a commanding eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Sooryavanshi, who lit up his debut season with a 35-ball hundred against Gujarat Titans last year, took only 15 balls to smash his first fifty of the season – the third fifty-plus score of his eight-match IPL career so far.