'The last time a fourteen-year-old showed such prodigious cricketing talent, it was Sachin Tendulkar.'
Shashi Tharoor has dropped the ultimate cricket compliment, comparing 14-year-old Bihar batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi to the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
Tharoor urged the BCCI to fast-track the teenage prodigy into the Indian team without delay.
'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 waiting for? Vaibhav Suryavanshi for India!' Tharoor posted on X.
The Congress MP didn't hold back, tagging Coach Gautam Gambhir, the BCCI, Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar.
On Wednesday, Suryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a century in men's List A cricket during the Vijay Hazare Trophy Plate League fixture against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranchi.
Suryavanshi, aged 14 years and 272 days, registered his first non-T20I ton in senior cricket, which came off just 36 deliveries. This was the teenager's seventh List A game, after debuting against Madhya Pradesh in December 2025.
He smashed his way to fifty off 25 balls before taking just 11 more deliveries to reach the three-figure mark.
Suryavanshi also registered the second fastest List A centurion by an Indian after a 35-ball hundred by Anmolpreet Singh against Arunachal Pradesh in 2024. But soon after, his team-mate and Bihar Captain Sakibul Gani smashed a 32-ball hundred -- the fastest-ever by an Indian in List A cricket -- to power Bihar to a massive world record List A total of 574/6 in their 50 overs.
Additonally, Suryavanshi shattered A B de Villiers' record for the fastest 150 in men's List A cricket. He reached the 150-run mark in 59 deliveries, surpassing de Villiers' 64-ball milestone against the West Indies in 2015.
Suryavanshi departed after scoring 190 runs off 84 deliveries, which included 16 fours and 15 sixes at an astounding strike rate of 226.19.
Last year, Sooryavanshi smashed his maiden half-century in senior List A cricket with 71 off just 42 balls for Bihar against Baroda in the Vijay Hazare Trophy -- becoming the youngest Indian batter to score a fifty in List A cricket.
Earlier this month, he had slammed an unbeaten 108 off 61 balls for Bihar against Maharashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to create a new record as the youngest player to score a century in the history of the domestic T20 tournament.
He had also hammered a 95-ball 171 earlier this month at the Under-19 Asia Cup in the UAE. During that knock, the left-handed batter fell just six short of Ambati Rayudu's long-standing India record in youth one-dayers - the 177 against England in Taunton back in 2002.
In 15 youth ODIs, Suryavanshi averages 51.13, with two centuries and three half-centuries, at an impressive strike rate of 158.79.
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