Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old sensation, turned a family title after his exploits within the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Rajasthan Royals. He introduced himself on the grandest stage of all of them by hitting a six off the bowling of Shardul Thakur in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants. It should be talked about that this was Suryavanshi’s first supply within the match. A couple of video games later, the southpaw registered the quickest century by an Indian, scoring a ton off simply 35 balls in opposition to Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans.
Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who represented Chennai Tremendous Kings on this yr’s IPL, mentioned he was left shocked after seeing the vary of the younger batter.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi obtained an opportunity within the enjoying XI after Sanju Samson was dominated out resulting from a facet pressure. The left-handed batter by no means appeared again as he fashioned a formidable opening pair with Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Suryavanshi didn’t even spare his teammates as in a video shared by Rajasthan Royals, he was seen smashing Jofra Archer to all elements of the bottom throughout a coaching session.
Suryavanshi performed seven video games in all the IPL 2025 season, scoring 252 runs at a mean of 36 and a strike price of 206.56. The franchise purchased him for INR 1.1 crore, making him the youngest participant to be bought within the public sale.
“I will let you know one small story. After that RR versus CSK sport in Delhi. It isn’t a lot about his hitting. So I bowled one ball, from across the stumps. He performed one to cowl. And the following ball, I bowled it gradual. You’ve stored wickets for me for a very long time. I wished to see the place he would go. He simply waited on that ball,” Ashwin advised Sanju Samson throughout a chat on the previous’s YouTube channel.
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“Simply creamed by mid-on for a single. I used to be like, ‘What the hell, man. The place has this man come from?’ And he’s 14 years outdated. And I made my debut 18 years in the past within the IPL. He was nonetheless within the creativeness of his mother and father. So, it was fairly loopy. I noticed Jos Buttler discuss to Jofra about it. He requested him, ‘How did it really feel to get smashed by a 14-year-old within the nets?’,” he added.
‘His hitting shocked me’
Sanju Samson was additionally filled with reward for Suryavanshi, saying the left-hander’s big-hitting skill shocked him. “The younger boy who’s smashing it throughout the park for the Rajasthan Royals. Vaibhav Suryavanshi,” he mentioned.
“When he hit the primary ball for a six, I used to be like, ‘That is cool. He lucked out’. However then he simply went on and on. The standard of photographs he was hitting actually shocked me,” he added.
Suryavanshi carried on along with his type within the collection in opposition to England U19. Within the fourth ODI, the left-hander smashed a century, turning into the youngest to take action in a Youth Males’s match.
He then additionally turned the youngest-ever to take a wicket in a Youth Males’s Check. Suryavanshi has additionally been named in India’s squad for the upcoming multi-format collection in opposition to Australia U19.
