Former Australian legend Justin Langer recently took to his LinkedIn page and posted a lengthy message for Indian batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. Australia’s former opening batter began by writing, “Last week I did something I have only done twice in my life. I asked another athlete for a selfie. The first time was for my childhood AFL hero, South Fremantle’s Stephen Michael, a couple of years ago at Optus Stadium. The second was a 15-year-old boy from a village in Bihar.”

In the RR vs LSG game that the former Aussie batter is talking about, Sooryavanshi scored 93 runs from just 38 balls. The young batter had hit seven boundaries and 10 sixes in his knock that saw the home team chase down the mammoth total of 221 needed for a win with seven wickets and five balls to spare.

Young Indian ace to be in focus once again on Friday

Vaibhav will take to the field once again on Friday, along with his Rajasthan side, as they face the Gujarat Titans in the second qualifier. The youngster has already scored 680 runs this season and needs just 20 runs to reach the 700-run mark.

The 15-year-old has also hit 65 sixes this season, going past the 59 hit by Chris Gayle during the IPL 2012 season. In the last game vs SRHthe batter scored 97 runs from just 29 balls and missed the record of smashing the fastest IPL ton by a whisker.