At a age of 13, he is the youngest cricketer has been sold in IPL 2025. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, become the youngest player ever to be bought in IPL 2025.His base price was INR 30 lakh but Rajasthan Royals bought him for INR hopping 1.1 Crore.
If we look into the past IPL bidding, the youngest player to earn a bid was Prayas Ray Barman and IPL 2019.He was bought by RCB, Royal Challegers Benguluru. At that time he was only 16 years old and 54 days. His base price was INR 20 lakh. But he was sold at hopping 1.5 crore.
Early age of Vaibhav Suryavanshi
He was born in a small village in Bihar and managed to made headlines in cricket history. He became the youngest player to bid in crores, one of the most emerging and most promising players to be on cricket history. He was bought one of the most popular and famous cricket league in the world.
” He father Sanjeev, told to PTI, in the media “Vikram Rathore sir who is a batting coach of Vaibhav Suryavanshi, gave a match situation where he had to score 17 in an over. But, he smashed Three sixes, and 8 sixes in four overs at trials.
Where was he Born and Brought up?
A small village in Bihar called Tajpur, he was born on 27,2011.It was an interesting story of a father passionate about cricket, but a farmer by profession. Vaibhav Suryavanshi began his cricketing journey at the age of four with his father. His father was also a cricket lover and he noticed his child passion towards cricket was amazed him to think and his father decided to build a small playing area for Vaibhav in the backyard of their home. So, his father sold his farm in Motipur to fund his cricketing dreams and now it shines at the age of 13.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s early Cricketing career
He was standby for U16 trials for the Vijay Merchant Trophy al-thought he practiced two and half years for that trials. Luckily, he was coaching by Manish Ojha, a former Ranji Player from the town. With his talent and skills Vaibhav Suryavanshi quickly rose in Bihar Cricket.
Barely 12 years of age Vaibhav Suryavanshi represent in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Trophy for Bihar. He Scored 400 runs in just five matches was an outstanding matches.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi was picked for B U-19 for Indian Team which was to be played for U-19 Quadrangular series in Mulapadu, Andhra Pradesh in the year 2023.
U – 19 – Quadrangular Series – India B- Andhra Pradesh, India
U – 19 – Bangladesh & England – India -A -ICC U-19 World Cup – Trial Pick
U – 23 – State Ranji Trophy – Bihar selections camp
His Career at a glance
At the time, just 12 years and 284 days, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also became the youngest Indian to make a first-class debut since 1986 and the second-youngest to ever play in the Ranji Trophy for Bihar.
In fact, only three Indians – Alimuddin (12 years and 73 days), SK Bose (12 years and 76 days) and Mohammad Ramzan (12 years and 247 days) – till now have represented first-class cricket when younger than Vaibhav.
To reiterate, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh, two of the youngest first-class debutants in modern Indian cricket, were over 15 when they made their respective first-class debuts.
In September 2024, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scripted yet another slice of history when he made his India U-19 debut in a youth Test match against Australia in Chennai. The young Bihar batter slammed a 62-ball 104 before being run out.
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The milestone was achieved during the Chepauk match with Vaibhav bringing up his century in only 58 balls, as 13 years and 188 days old, second only to England’s Moeen Ali, who had struck a 56-ball ton against Sri Lanka back in 2005.
His five-six-14-four century overtook many other fast hundreds made by Indian players in Youth Tests.
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also in the India squad for the upcoming U-19 Asia Cup in the UAE.
Though it’s still early days in fledgling Vaibhav’s career, the signs have been promising for the youngster, who idolises fellow southpaw Brian Lara.
