India, Feb. 6 -- Every generation of Under-19 cricketers produces prodigies but very few stamp their authority the way Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has shown he can.

But there are prodigies, generational talents and then there is Sooryavanshi. The 14-year-old started by not approaching Friday afternoon like a final. He treated it like a demolition job and when the dust settled, his 80-ball 175 (which included 15 fours and 15 sixes) had effectively finished the match off before England could even come out to chase.

India won by 100 runs but rarely if ever have such emphatic victories been achieved in the final. It truly was a case of there being a sky above the sky.

We all know what Sooryavanshi is capable of. At just 10, he was clearing 75-80 ...