15-year-old sensation Sooryavanshi loses cool in on-field spat

COLOMBO, June 16 (AFP): Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation 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's senior men'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's narrow defeat in a Super Over in Dambulla on Monday.

Sri Lanka'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.