Justin Langer. Not Sachin Tendulkar, not Virat Kohli. Ex-Australian cricketer reveals Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the first cricketer he asked for a selfie Cricket News:

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s rise through the ranks of: Indian cricket: fast, and the 15-year-old now stands on the brink of another milestone. India are expected to give him a debut in the first T20I against Ireland in Belfast on Friday, making him India’s youngest international cricketer.If elected, Sooryavanshi will be 15 years and 91 days old, younger than: Sachin Tendulkar when he made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989 at the age of 16 years and 205 days. The much-anticipated debut of the youngster comes after a solid season in the IPL with: Rajasthan Royalswhere he finished as the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 776 runs in 16 innings at a strike rate of 237.30.Just a few days ago, while playing for India A against Sri Lanka A, Sooryavanshi broke the record for the fastest half-century in List A cricket, reaching the landmark in just 11 balls.As anticipation builds around his likely debut, former Australia opener and Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer joins a growing list of cricket figures who have admired the teenager.“Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is only the second selfie I’ve ever asked for! The other is with an AFL champion I used to watch as a kid,” Langer told BBC Sport.“I said ‘I’ve never done this before in the IPL, but don’t you mind if we take a selfie? Because I’m in awe of your talent, I’m in awe of your thinking, I’m in awe of the way you play cricket’. Watching him bat was amazing.”“What makes him special? He has amazing hands. I always say that great players, their hands are like a hose in a swimming pool,” added the former Australian batter.“He can almost do a figure-eight with his hands in his backswing. You know, it’s small, it’s subtle, but they’re very loose.”

“A lot of left-handers, when they’re trying to hit a six, they go from the sight screen round to the leg side, which is different from Sooryavanshi’s set up to hit it on the side,” Langer said, adding, “First ball of his IPL career, he hit a six over the cover. standing up.”