Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi? 13-year-old Bihar Boy picked by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.10 crore in IPL 2025 Auction

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 13-year-old boy from Bihar has been picked by Rajasthan Royals at the IPL 2025 mega auction.

The Rajasthan Royals bought the youngster for Rs 1.10 crore in the auction after a bidding war with Delhi Capitals, as he becomes the youngest player to be picked in the IPL auction at the age of 13 years 243 days.

Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi?

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is a young Indian cricketer from Bihar. He was born on March 27, 2011, a few days ago India's historic World Cup win under MS Dhoni. He was born at the Tajpur village in Bihar's Samastipur district.

His love for cricket is rooted from his father, who significantly influenced and initially coached him and supported his early career by driving him to Patna for better training opportunities. Under the mentorship of local coaches Manas Jha and Robin Singh, Suryavanshi honed his skills further. His dedication to his state was evident when he dismissed rumours of switching allegiances.

Suryavanshi's historic innings of 104 runs off just 62 balls in Chennai, at the youthful age of 13 years and 187 days, broke the previous record held by Bangladesh's Test captain Najmul Hossain Shanto. Furthermore, his performance surpassed that of Pakistan's Babar Azam in terms of the youngest age at which a century was scored in Youth ODI cricket.

There have been offers for the young kid to switch states amid the doldrums of Bihar cricket, but the Suryavanshi is playing for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy and is committed to his home state. His recent outing against Madhya Pradesh saw him score 41 runs in the second innings of the match. Although Bihar lost the match by 108 runs, the young player garnered a lot of accolades for his display.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi joins Rajasthan Royals, Youngest player to play IPL

Vaibhav is now the youngest player picked in the IPL auction. And now he will be part of the Rajasthan Royals squad as well, which has the likes of Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag in the team. Also, the youngster will be mentored by former India coach Rahul Dravid at the franchise.

It is the perfect move for the youngster as he has moved to Rajasthan Royals, which has a reputation for nurturing young talents.