Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest IPL debutant at 14 yrs
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Jaipur: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, at 14 years and 23 days, has become the youngest player to make his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals (RR), as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won the toss and elected to bat first in Match 36 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday.
In the IPL 2025 mega auction held last year, Suryavanshi became the youngest to earn an IPL deal when RR signed him for INR 1.1 crore. Apart from being the youngest player to feature in the Ranji Trophy, Suryavanshi has a 58-ball century against his name, coming in a four-day game for India Under-19 against Australia Under-19 in Chennai.
He also amassed 176 runs at an average of 44 when India reached the final of the 2024 Under-19 Asia Cup. Though Suryavanshi is on the RR' Impact Substitutes' list, he is expected to come in when their batting innings commences, as Parag mentioned the change in playing eleven during the toss.
“We were looking to bowl, it is a little bit warm under lights, should be better than the last time. It's been kinda tricky, we've been doing small bits right, but we haven't been able to put a collective performance together, we've been having honest chats as a team. We love playing here, we know the conditions well, hope we can put that to good use,” said Parag.
LSG skipper Rishabh Pant said pacer Prince Yadav comes in for fellow fast-bowler Akash Deep. Tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav, who joined the team after completing his rehab for a back injury at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru, has been named in the Impact Substitutes' list.
“We're going to bat first, the wicket is looking dry, so we want to take advantage. No dew, so why not bat first? The general thought process was to take the positives. We are lacking in small areas, want to improve on those and take the game forward.”
“Was good to get back into form and contribute (through a fifty against CSK in Lucknow). I was not worried about it, knew it was around the corner. Sometimes it takes time, and I got time in the last game,” he said.
Based on IANS story.
