Sooryavanshi, 15, hits 93 as Royals boost play-off chances

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has hit 53 sixes in this season's IPL - 15 more than anyone else Lucknow Super Giants 220-5 (20 overs): Marsh 96 (57); Punja 2-35 Rajasthan Royals 225-3 (19. 1 overs): Sooryavanshi 93 (38); Mohsin 1-31 India wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a brilliant 93 off 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants to boost their chances of reaching the Indian Premier League play-offs. The 15-year-old hit 10 sixes in another staggering innings with which he moved back to the top of the tournament's run-scoring charts.

Of Sooryavanshi's 93 runs, 88 came from boundaries as he dominated the already-eliminated Super Giants. He looked certain to score his second century of the campaign, only to mistime a shot off Mohsin Khan to Abdul Samad in the deep. Earlier in the day, India selector Ajit Agarkar had spoken about Sooryavanshi's omission from the national team's one-day squad to face Afghanistan next month.

There have been growing calls for the teenager to be called up to the India white-ball sides but he has instead been named in an India A squad to tour Sri Lanka after the IPL finishes. "We picked him for the India A team because he is young and immensely promising," said Agarkar. "The idea is to give these youngsters exposure.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is already part of the ODI set-up as well. As impressive as Sooryavanshi has been, there are others who have performed strongly too. "We are very excited about him and hopefully he can showcase his talent when he travels with the A team.