While the big bucks spent on marquee players during the ongoing auction of players for cash-rich IPl season 2025 by high-profile franchises at Jeddah continue to wow cricket fans, a 13 year old lad hailing from Bihar scripted history by becoming the youngest player to be selected for the prestigious cricket premier league of India.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who hails from a small village in Bihar on Monday hogged the limelight after he became the youngest-ever player to be sold at an Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. He was roped in by Rajasthan Royals for INR 1.10 crore on day 2 of the IPL mega auction at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah.
With a base price of 30 lakhs, Suryavanshi was presented during the accelerated round of the auction on Monday. Both Rajasthan and Delhi Capitals entered the bidding fray before the former placed the highest bid, making the cricket prodigy a crorepati.
Born on March 27, 2011 in Bihar’s Tajpur village, Suryavanshi’s passion towards the game started at a very young age before his father enrolled him in a cricket academy for coaching. He then quickly rose through the ranks in Bihar cricket and appeared in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy at the age of just 12, where he smashed 400 runs in just five matches.
Suryavanshi was named in the India B U-19 squad for the quadrangular series in Andhra Pradesh in November 2023. He was later picked in the India A U-19 squad for the series against Bangladesh and England, a trial ground for the ICC U-19 World Cup 2024 squad. He eventually made his first-class debut in the 2023-24 red-ball tournament, in the Elite Group B clash against Mumbai in Patna in January 2024. He hence became the youngest player to make his first-class debut since 1986.