Kids These Days!

What’s the daily routine of a 14-year-old?

Wake up, eventually… after ignoring three alarms and a parent yelling “You’re late!” Grumble something unintelligible. Fight the primal urge to return to the blanket dimension. Breakfast? Maybe. Maybe just vibes and a glass of water. Hoodie on. Phone glued to hand. Off to school—the daily battleground of popularity contests, surprise quizzes, and questionable canteen food.

In class? Math trauma, pop quiz panic, and memes flying around the group chat. Group project time: either carries the whole thing or coasts like a boss—there’s no in-between. After school, it’s screen time, snack raids, and whatever excuse they can come up with to not do homework.

That’s your average 14-year-old.

But Vaibhav Suryavanshi? He’s not average. Not even close. He’s the kid who became the youngest centurion in men’s T20 cricket to flip the world of teenagers on its head. While marauding to a 35-ball hundred, he added a page in cricket’s history while everyone else of his age is still trying to figure out Act One.

We’ve all been 14 once. Awkward. Unsure. Constantly toeing the line between “I got this” and “Please don’t notice me.” Figuring out who we are and where we fit in a world that suddenly got way too complicated. Toss in the holy trinity of teen turmoil: insecurity, peer pressure, and the desperate thirst for independence. Fast-forward to Gen-Z, Gen-Alpha, Beta, Gamma or Gen—Whatever—We ’re—Calling—It—Now, and you’ve got all that, plus a side of social media addiction and the eternal quest for the Wi-Fi password.

Suryavanshi—scratch that, let’s just call him Vaibhav—took all that teenage chaos and whacked it straight into Row Z with one clean swing of the bat. We’ve all seen prodigies before. Flashy starts, viral moments… and then the crash and burn! But Vaibhav? He doesn’t move like a flicker. He looks the real deal—cool as a winter breeze, composure out of a monk’s manual, and a bat swing so pure that the sound off the willow could feature in a Hans Zimmer BGM!

Confidence and composure are great, but Vaibhav’s packing serious talent too. The kind that makes you sit up, blink twice, and wonder, “Did he really just do that?” The way he treated Mohammed Siraj and Ishant Sharma in Jaipur is not normal. That’s certified genius.

Then came Rashid Khan—a man, a mystery, a menace who makes even the world’s best look clueless.
But Vaibhav? He didn’t flinch. He didn’t fumble. He flat-out didn’t care. He pulled. He hooked. He swept. He dropped to one knee and slogged like he was skipping warm-up drills. Unthinkable shots. Unbelievable swagger. All at just 14, while the world watched him casually rewrite record books like it was just another knock in his Sunday league.

For Vaibhav, though, this is just the start. He’s grabbed the spotlight. Now the microscope will follow. His technique will be picked apart, his flaws hunted down, his mindset tested.

Can he handle it? Can he rise above it?

Time will have its say. But let’s not forget—he’s only 14. At 14, most are still figuring out who they might become. Vaibhav Suryavanshi? He’s already showing us exactly who he is— the future of Indian cricket, way ahead of schedule!