Sooryavanshi's maturity has 'skyrocketed' in six months - Laxman

India's head coach VVS Laxman has praised 15-year-old cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for his mature performance during the T20I series against Zimbabwe. Laxman highlighted the teenager's ability to learn from experience and handle the pressure of international cricket.
Why it matters
Sooryavanshi is being positioned as a rising star in Indian cricket, with high-level coaching staff publicly endorsing his potential to break records.
VVS Laxman hailed Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's "very mature" knock in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, saying the teenager's ability to learn from every experience has fuelled his rapid rise, and backed him to "break all the records" in international cricket. The 15-year-old top-scored with a 49-ball 81 as India posted 192 for 5 on a sluggish surface, following up his fifty in the first game after enduring a lean tour of England. Laxman, India's head coach for the Zimbabwe series, said the innings underlined Sooryavanshi's growing maturity. "Very mature. And that's what I really appreciate about Vaibhav," Laxman said. "With each and every experience, each and every match, he understands, he assesses and he gets better. I think he does a lot of review of each and every practice session, not only matches. "Today what you saw was a mature innings because it was a difficult wicket.
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