Who is 13-year-old wonder Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the most talked about player in IPL auction

IPL Youngest Cricketer in Auction: BCCI has released the list of registered players for the IPL 2025 auction. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 13-year-old cricketer from Bihar, is also on the list of players to be auctioned. Suryavanshi is the youngest player in the IPL. The mega auction of IPL players is to be held in Dubai.

Opportunity in Asia Cup Under-19 too

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is in the Indian Under-19 team for the Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup to be held in the UAE. Vaibhav's name is also registered in the IPL auction. He will be the youngest player in the league's history.

Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi?

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a resident of Bihar, was born in 2011. His passion for cricket was seen from the age of four. Seeing Vaibhav's talent, Vaibhav's father Sanjeev built a small ground for him behind the house and he started playing there. When Vaibhav was 9 years old, his father got him admitted to a cricket academy in nearby Samastipur. The academy honed Vaibhav Suryavanshi's talent. Now at the age of 13, Vaibhav is a part of the Asia Cup Under-19 team.

While talking to a media house, Vaibhav said that after practicing in the academy for two and a half years, he gave the Under-16 trials for the Vijay Merchant Trophy. But was on standby due to his age. He took coaching under former Ranji cricketer Manish Ojha. And he taught him a lot.

400 runs in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy

Vaibhav Suryavanshi played the Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Bihar at the age of 12. Vaibhav scored 400 runs in five matches. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who made his cricket debut for Bihar at the age of 12, is now going to achieve the distinction of becoming the country's youngest IPL cricketer.

Youngest player to make first-class debut since 1986

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his first-class debut in January 2024 in the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Elite Group B match against Mumbai at Patna. He made his first-class debut at the age of 12 years and 284 days. He became the youngest Indian to make a first-class debut since 1986. He also became the second youngest player to play in a Ranji Trophy game for Bihar.

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