| Vaibhav Suryavanshi | |
| Birth Date: | 27 March 2011 |
| Birth Place: | Tajpur, Samastipur district, Bihar |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Role: | Batter |
| Club1: | Bihar cricket team |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Debutdate1: | 5 January |
| Debutyear1: | 2024 |
| Debutfor1: | Bihar |
| Debutagainst1: | Mumbai |
| Type2: | T20 |
| Onetype2: | true |
| Debutdate2: | 23 November |
| Debutyear2: | 2024 |
| Debutfor2: | Bihar |
| Debutagainst2: | Rajasthan |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 100 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 41 |
| Deliveries1: | 36 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 30.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/21 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Column2: | T20 |
| Matches2: | 1 |
| Runs2: | 13 |
| Bat Avg2: | 13.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 13 |
| Deliveries2: | – |
| Wickets2: | – |
| Bowl Avg2: | – |
| Fivefor2: | – |
| Tenfor2: | – |
| Best Bowling2: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/vaibhav-suryavanshi-1408688 ESPNcricinfo |
| Date: | 25 November |
| Year: | 2024 |
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (born 27 March 2011) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bihar. A left-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy in 2024 at the age of 12. Later that year, he became the youngest player ever to sign a contract in Indian Premier League, joining the Rajasthan Royals at age 13 for ₹1.10 crore.
He is also known as ‘Kuttappaai’in (Tamil for ‘The Little Boy’) at the Rajasthan Royals camp.
Suryavanshi[1] is from the village of Tajpur, located approximately 10 kilometers from Samastipur in the state of Bihar.[2] He started playing cricket at the age of nine years old, and was initially coached by his father.
He played as a 12-year-old the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Bihar U19.[3] He made his first-class debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy against Mumbai at the reported age of 12 years and 284 days old, in January 2024.[4] [5] [6] In doing so, he became the second youngest cricketer to play in the Ranji Trophy for Bihar, and the fourth youngest overall.[7] 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.[2]
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).[8]
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.[9]
In September 2024, he made his debut for India U19 in a youth test match against Australia U19.[10] 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.[11] [12] It was the second-fastest century in U19 cricket history after Moeen Ali's 56-ball effort for England U19 in 2005.[13]
There is some doubt over the authenticity over Suryavanshi’s official date of birth.[14] 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.[15]