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“VAIBHAV SURYAVANSHI”: The new millionaire’s dream of every teen!!

Soumyaroop Mukherjee

New Delhi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the ‘Superman’ of every child’s dream. The left-hand top-order batter has become the youngest player to earn an IPL deal, worth INR 1.10 crore from Rajasthan Royals (RR).


At 13 years and 243 days, Vaibhav has become an overnight sensation after bagging his maiden IPL contract which saw a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. Vaibhav entered the IPL auction with a base price of Rs 30 lakh which went to 1.10 crore.

Suryavanshi has already played for India Under-19 and scored a century opening the batting against Australia Under-19 in a four-day game in Chennai less than two months ago. Subsequently, the prodigal cricketer is expected to showcase his talent at the IPL as well.

After winning the bidding battle against Delhi, RR CEO Jake Lush McCrum remarked:

He’s an incredible talent and of course you got to have the confidence so he can step up to the IPL level. So lots of work will go in in the coming months to continue to develop him but hell of a talent and we’re really excited to have him as part of the franchise…

Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi?

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is a young and talented left-hand batsman from the small town of Samastipur, Bihar. Suryavanshi has featured in 5 Ranji Trophy games since his debut in the domestic circuit against Mumbai. Currently, Vaibhav is playing T20s in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Bihar. He recently made his T20 debut against Rajasthan, on November 23.

The highlight of his career so far is the century against Australia U-19, which came off just 58 balls, before he fell for 104. That knock made Suryavanshi the youngest cricketer – at 13 years and 187 days – to score a century in youth cricket. The Indian cricketer broke the previous record of 14 years and 241 days held by Bangladesh’s current captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Suryavanshi also has a triple-century to his name – an unbeaten 332 – in a U-19 tournament in Bihar, the Randhir Verma Tournament. He idolises Brian Lara and consults former India opener Wasim Jaffer about his game from time to time – they first met during a U-19 white-ball tournament in Bangladesh in November 2023.
His formal coach till now has been his father, Sanjeev Suryavanshi who was also a cricketer.

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