COLOMBO: 15-year-old cricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blew his fuse in an India A game in Sri Lanka and pushed an opposition player after a heated on-field exchange. The spotlight has been on Sooryavanshi since his batting heroics in the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) won him a place in India&#39;s senior men&#39;s team for their T20 tour of Ireland and England. But he made headlines for all the wrong reasons after he and a Sri Lanka A player confronted each other, following India&#39;s narrow defeat in a Super Over in Dambulla on Monday. Sri Lanka&#39;s Vishen Halambage exchanged words with departing Indian batters before Sooryavanshi responded and shoved him, according to Indian media and broadcast footage. Sri Lanka A wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella stepped in to calm tempers and separated the two players. The teams exchanged handshakes, but TV images showed Sooryavanshi visibly upset. The left-handed opener capped off a good IPL 2026 season for Rajasthan Royals, where he amassed 776 runs to finish as the tournament&#39;s leading run scorer. He struck one century and five half-centuries during the season to pick up the Orange Cap for the leading run-getter. He also bagged the IPL&#39;s most valuable player and emerging player prizes. He is line to become India&#39;s youngest player, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, the batting great who made his Test debut aged 16 years and 205 days in 1989. India&#39;s senior team will play Ireland on June 26 and 28 in Belfast. The England series will begin on July 1 in Chester-le-Street.

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The 15-year-old exchanged heated words with Sri Lanka's Vishen Halambage as Indian batters were departing following India's narrow defeat in a Super Over.




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India's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi loses cool in on-field spat with Sri Lankan player

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