India, Nov. 16 -- Fourteen-year-olds are supposed to be cramming for exams, not rewriting record books on the cricket field. Yet here we are, watching Vaibhav Suryavanshi treat bowling attacks like throwdowns in the nets.

In Doha, at the Rising Stars Asia Cup, he went from a potential big talent to a full-blown phenomenon: 144 runs off 42 balls for India A against UAE, a hundred in just 32 deliveries, with 11 fours and 15 sixes. It was his second century in T20 cricket at the senior level, and came before his 15th birthday, making him the youngest player to score a hundred while representing his country in any level of cricket.

Strip away the hype, and you are still left with numbers that are absurd for someone born in 2011. As per curr...