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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.<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“We picked him for the India A team because he is young and immensely promising,” said Agarkar.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“We are very excited about him and hopefully he can showcase his talent when he travels with the A team.”<\/p>\n
The Royals slowed down once Sooryavanshi fell but Dhruv Jurel (53* off 38) ensured a victory that moves them into fourth in the table. It means a win against Mumbai Indians in their final match will seal a spot in the knockouts.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Mitchell Marsh crunched 96 off 57 balls to continue his good form for Super Giants, putting on 109 for the first wicket with fellow Australian Josh Inglis (60 off 29).<\/p>\n
England’s Jofra Archer was the pick of the hosts’ bowlers with 1-39, while he also ran out Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n