India, Sept. 24 -- Vaibhav Suryavanshi has set such standards that a strike rate of 102 appears to be under par. For the large part of his 70-run knock in the second Youth ODI against Australia U19 at the Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, Suryavnashi's strike rate was less than a run a ball. That is an F1 car stuck in Bengaluru evening traffic. Unlike most of his innings in his India U19 and IPL career, Suryavnashi gave himself time to settle in. The Australia new-ball bowlers definitely deserve some credit for that. The swashbuckling left-hander did try to break free a few times in the powerplay but the flow was somehow missing.

The good thing for India U19 was that Suryavnashi did not give in. He was steady and in no hurry. He was 20 off 38 ...