Teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi reflected on his match-winning 19-ball 50 in the opening T20I against Zimbabwe, saying that making an impact early in one’s career plays a crucial role in boosting confidence for upcoming assignments.

Sooryavanshi became the youngest to score a fifty in international cricket — 15 years and 118 days old — during the first game of the three-match series. The opener scored his maiden T20I fifty in his fourth T20I, surpassing Nepal’s Kushal Malla, who was 15 years and 340 days old when he made an ODI half-century vs USA in 2020.