While teen Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, continues to rock IPL-19, there’s a strong tendency for his aficionados to ignore the fact that he has ridden his luck on quite a few occasions.

For instance, Sooryavanshi could’ve been dismissed off the very first ball he faced in this IPL. In RR’s first match (March 30), Chennai Super Kings speedster Matt Henry — in the third ball of the very first over of the innings — bowled it short at Sooryavanshi, who miscued his pull shot towards deep midwicket. CSK’s Kartik Sharma ran backwards and got both hands to the ball, but couldn’t hold on, else it would’ve been a golden duck for the teenager. The ball trickled across the boundary rope, earning Sooryavanshi his first of four boundaries in a 17-ball 52-run hurricane.