Vaibhav Suryavanshi facts for kids
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| Born | 27 March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023/24–present | Bihar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 5 January 2024 Bihar v Mumbai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20 | 23 November 2024 Bihar v Rajasthan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 November 2024
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi (born 27 March 2011) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bihar cricket team. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy in 2024 at the age of 12. He became the youngest player ever to sign a contract in Indian Premier League when he joined the Rajasthan Royals aged 13 for ₹1.10 cr (around $130,000).
Early life
Suryavanshi is from the village of Tajpur, located approximately 10 kilometers from Samastipur in the district of Bihar. He started playing cricket at the age of nine years old, and was initially coached by his father.
Club career
He played as a 12-year-old the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Bihar U19. He made his first class cricket debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy against Mumbai at the reported age of 12 years and 284 days old, in January 2024. In doing so, he became the second youngest cricketer to play in the Ranji Trophy for Bihar, and the fourth youngest overall. He became the youngest player in the modern era, beating the record of Yuvraj Singh (15 years and 57 days) with Alimuddin holding the overall record for the youngest Indian first-class debutant at just 12 years and 73 days old in the 1942-43 season for Rajputana.
In November 2024, he became the youngest player to sign a contract in the Indian Premier League when he joined the Rajasthan Royals aged 13 years, for ₹1.10 cr (around £105,000).
International career
In 2023, he played for the India B U19 side in a Quadrangular Under-19 series, scoring 177 runs in six innings, including two half-centuries.
In September 2024, he made his debut for India U19 in a youth test match against Australia U19. On debut, he struck a 58 ball century, the fastest for an India U19 player, before being run out for 104. His innings included 14 boundaries and 4 sixes. It was the second-fastest century in U19 cricket history after Moeen Ali's 56-ball effort for England U19 in 2005.
Age Dispute
There is some doubt over the authenticity over Suryavanshi’s official date of birth. In an interview in 2023, Suryavanshi had told that he would turn 14 on September 27, 2023. In other words, he was about a year and a half older than his official age.
