India's Vaibhav Suryavanshi celebrates his half century during the first day of the 1st unofficial test cricket match between India U-19 and Australia U-19, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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When 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi goes under the hammer at the IPL 2025 auctions, which will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he will become the youngest ever to have achieved the feat.
The Bihar youngster, who only recently turned a teen, made his first class debut on January 5, 2024, according to ESPNCricinfo, where he scored 31 runs in his 2 innings. By doing so, he became the second youngest cricketer to play in the Ranji Trophy for Bihar, the youngest in the modern era and the fourth youngest overall.
He has accumulated 100 runs in 5 matches (10 innings) so far for Bihar, with his highest score being 41.
More impressive are his exploits in the recent U-19 test matches vs Australia, where he smashed a 58 ball century, the fastest for an India U19 player, before being run out for 104 in the first innings of the first test, which helped set the platform for India U-19's eventual victory.
However, there are a few disputes about his age, since he had said in an interview to BNN News Benipatti in 2023, that he would turn 14 on September 27, 2023, which would make him a 1 year and half older than he is officially noted to be.
While he has played very few matches at the highest level to judge him properly, there are indications of a great talent blooming soon. Who knows, perhaps a franchise might bag him and turn it into a story similar to Kohli and RCB.
Suryavanshi has been given a base price of Rs 30 lakh, and will be seen in Set 68, with his List Serial Number being 491.
The two-day mega auction will start on Sunday, November 24, 2024. It will be will be telecasted live on the Star Sports Network.