Cricket fans got to witness an exciting moment at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, Ahmedabad when Rajasthan Royals' young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his name in IPL history by hitting a six off the very first ball of the 2025 season. The 14-year-old talented player has joined a special group of only 10 players who have achieved this rare feat.

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Suryavanshi's bold move has added his name to an illustrious list that includes Rob Quinney (Rajasthan Royals, 2009), Kevon Cooper (Rajasthan Royals, 2012), Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders, 2012), Carlos Brathwaite (Delhi Daredevils, 2016), Aniket Chaudhary (Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2017), Jevan Searles (Kolkata Knight Riders, 2018), Siddesh Lad (Mumbai Indians, 2019), Mahesh Dikshana (Chennai Super Kings, 2022) and Sameer Rizvi (Chennai Super Kings, 2024).

Quinney, Cooper and now Suryavanshi - played for Rajasthan Royals and succeeded in making this record. Facing challenging balls, Suryavanshi showed such intent to hit sixes that the audience was thrilled. This milestone underscores the reputation of the IPL, which looks for dynamic players who can make an immediate impact. As the 2025 season progresses, all eyes will be on Sooryavanshi to see if he can build on this explosive start and cement his place among the league's brightest stars.

 Youngest IPL Debutants

14 years 23 days - Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 2025* 

16 years 157 days - Prayas Ray Burman, 2019 

17 years 11 days - Mujeeb ur Rahman, 2018 

17 years 152 days - Ryan Parag, 2019 

17 years 179 days - Pradeep Sangwan, 2008

Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi 

Vaibhav started playing cricket at the age of 4 and his father Sanjeev Suryavanshi recognized his talent and supported him. At the age of 7, he joined the cricket academy in Samastipur, where coaches Manish Ojha and Brajesh Jha nurtured his talent. To support Vaibhav's cricket career, his father sold his farm land when Vaibhav was just 10 years old. Dr. Vaibhav Tajpur, Bihar. Mukteshwar Sinha is a student of class 8 in Modesty School. He tries to balance studies and cricket, but his main focus is on cricket. Vaibhav considers Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni as his role models and dreams of playing for the Indian national cricket team.

Both teams playing 11 

Gujarat Titans:  Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Famous Krishna, Mohammad Siraj, Ishant Sharma

Delhi Capitals:  Abhishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel (captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar

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