IPL Public sale 2025: Bihar’s 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi made historical past in Jeddah on Monday as he was roped in by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.1 crore.
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Aged 13 years, 243 days, Suryavanshi grew to become the youngest participant to be signed in IPL historical past as he reduce a bidding battle between the Royals and Delhi Capitals.
Solely on Saturday did younger Suryavanshi make his Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy debut, opening for Bihar in opposition to Rajasthan in Rajkot. He cracked left-arm pacer Aniket Choudhary for 2 sixes earlier than being dismissed for 13 off six deliveries.
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The teen made headlines lately when he grew to become the youngest batter (13 years, 288 days) to report a global century, attaining the feat in a Youth Check for India Underneath-19 in opposition to Australia U-19 in Chennai. Vaibhav scored 104 off 62 balls in India Underneath-19’s Youth Check in opposition to Australia in Chennai. The left-hander’s century got here in 58 balls, making it the quickest Youth Check hundred by an Indian and the second-fastest total on the planet.
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Suryavanshi first made the headlines earlier this yr when he made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar, aged 12, making him one of many youngest ever to play in India’s premier First-Class match.
Born to a cricket tragic father, Sanjeev Suryawanshi, whose aspirations to make it massive within the sport when residing in Mumbai by no means took off, Vaibhav is now residing the life that his father couldn’t. Be it when working as a bouncer in an evening membership or at a Sulabh bathroom or the port in Mumbai, watching younger youngsters play cricket in maidaans, Sanjeev had just one dream – that certainly one of his youngsters would turn out to be a cricketer.