Every once in a while, cricket — that beautiful, sometimes cruel, always unpredictable game — gifts us a story that feels almost too incredible to be true. Today was one of those days. In a match against the Gujarat Titans, a 13-year-old boy named Vaibhav Suryavanshi didn’t just turn heads — he rewrote what we thought was possible at such a young age, smashing a century off just 35 balls.

Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi? Before today, Vaibhav Suryavanshi was a name you might have heard whispered among grassroots cricket circles — stories of a Mumbai boy with quick feet, an eye sharper than a hawk, and a bat seemingly welded to his hands. But for the wider world, he was still a mystery.

We are living in an age when cricket has gotten younger, faster, and louder. Players like Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, and Yashasvi Jaiswal burst onto the scene barely out of their teens. But 13 years old? That’s not just young. That’s unthinkable.

What's Next for Vaibhav? This is the most delicate part of the story. Cricket is littered with teenage sensations who fizzled out because they were rushed, mismanaged, or simply burnt out under the weight of expectation.