COLOMBO (AFP) – Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blew his fuse in an India A game in Sri Lanka and pushed an opposition player after a heated on-field exchange.
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The spotlight has been on Sooryavanshi since his batting heroics in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) won him a place in India’s senior men’s team for their T20 tour of Ireland and England.
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But he made headlines for all the wrong reasons after he and a Sri Lanka A player confronted each other, following India’s narrow defeat in a Super Over in Dambulla on Monday.
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Sri Lanka’s Vishen Halambage exchanged words with departing Indian batters before Sooryavanshi responded and shoved him, according to Indian media and broadcast footage.
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Sri Lanka A wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella stepped in to calm tempers and separated the two players.
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The teams exchanged handshakes, but TV images showed Sooryavanshi visibly upset.
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The left-handed opener capped off a stunning IPL 2026 season for Rajasthan Royals, where he amassed 776 runs to finish as the tournament’s leading run scorer.
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He struck one century and five half-centuries during the season to pick up the Orange Cap for the leading run-getter.
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He also bagged the IPL’s most valuable player and emerging player prizes.
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He is line to become India’s youngest player, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, the batting great who made his Test debut aged 16 years and 205 days in 1989.
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India’s senior team will play Ireland on June 26 and 28 in Belfast. The England series will begin on July 1 in Chester-le-Street.