Shashi Tharoor demands Vaibhav Suryavanshi's senior India inclusion

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Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi [Source: @DanielCherny, @mufaddal_vohra/x.com]Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi [Source: @DanielCherny, @mufaddal_vohra/x.com]

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is making 2025 look like a video game on easy mode. Just when you thought the year couldn’t get louder for the 14-year-old, he turned the volume all the way up again.

Shashi Tharoor calls on Gambhir, Agarkar to fast-track Vaibhav Suryavanshi

On Wednesday, the teenage sensation rewrote the record books, shattered timelines and sent the cricket world into a frenzy as he slammed the fastest 150 in List A history and broke AB de Villiers’ record. And suddenly, the chatter isn’t about if Vaibhav is special, but how soon India should fast-track him.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took to X and dropped a comparison that made everyone sit up and take notice.

“The last time a fourteen year old showed such prodigious cricketing talent, it was Sachin Tendulkar – and we all know what became of him. What are we waiting for? Vaibhav Suryavanshi for India!”

Tharoor even tagged Gautam Gambhir and Ajit Agarkar, urging them to not delay the inevitable.

When Tendulkar’s name enters the chat, you know something extraordinary is brewing.

A knock that shook the record books

Playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vaibhav Suryavanshi went absolutely berserk. The Bihar opener smashed a sensational 190 off just 84 balls (15 sixes), racing to 150 faster than anyone in List A cricket history.

At 14, he was batting like someone with a decade of international cricket behind him. Bowlers had nowhere to hide. Length didn’t matter. Pace didn’t matter. Spin didn’t matter. If it was in his arc, it was disappearing into the stands.

Bihar go full beast mode

Vaibhav wasn’t alone in the carnage. Bihar’s batters turned the Plate Group clash into a full-blown run-fest. Skipper Sakibul Gani joined the madness with a 128 off just 40 balls, bringing up his hundred in 32 deliveries, the fastest by an Indian in List A cricket.

Wicketkeeper Ayush Loharuka chipped in with a rapid 116 off 56, but even that got overshadowed on a day when records were falling like nine pins.

The end result? 574/6. A new world record team total in List A cricket. The previous best? Tamil Nadu’s 506/2 also against Arunachal Pradesh.

It is worth mentioning that the opposition attack was modest, it came in the Plate Group but here is the thing: not everyone does this, regardless of the level. Scoring 190 at a strike rate that belongs in T20s while facing a white ball in a 50-over game is freakish talent, plain and simple.

The road ahead looks unreal

India have always been careful with prodigies and rightly so. But performances like these don’t knock softly, they kick the door down. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is no longer a name for the future, he is a conversation for the present.

Whether the India call-up comes now or later, one thing is clear: 2025 belongs to him. And if this is what he is doing at 14, the rest of the cricketing world better buckle up because this young gun has announced himself, loud and clear.