India, Nov. 18 -- As India prepare to face Oman in Tuesday's ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars clash, the buzz around the tournament's youngest and brightest star has already seeped into the opposition camp - Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Oman's emerging players, many of whom have followed Vaibhav Suryavanshi's meteoric rise from afar, admit they are both awestruck and intrigued by how a 14-year-old can hit a cricket ball quite so far - and quite so often.

Suryavanshi arrives in Doha on the back of two blistering performances that have turned the tournament on its head. His sensational 144 off just 42 balls against UAE - featuring 11 fours and 15 sixes - scored at a strike rate of 342.85, the fourth-highest for a T20 century. The 32-ball hundred he...