Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes a ‘crorepati’ at the age of 13, luck shines in IPL 2025 mega auction

New Delhi: 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the most talked about player in the IPL mega auction. Rajasthan Royals have added Vaibhav to their team for Rs 1 crore 10 lakh. Left-handed Vaibhav is originally from Bihar. He is known for hitting long sixes. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest cricketer to be sold in the history of IPL. Vaibhav’s base price was Rs 30 lakh. In the auction, both Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals started bidding for Vaibhav. Both teams were eager to add Vaibhav. In the end, Rajasthan Royals won the bid and added him to their team for Rs 1.1 crore.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been in the news in recent times. He recently became the youngest player to score a century at the international level. He achieved this feat during India’s Under-19 Test while playing against Australia in Chennai. Vaibhav scored 104 runs in just 62 balls in that match. He completed his century in just 59 balls. This was the fastest youth Test hundred by an Indian, while it was the second youth Test hundred in the world.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his T20 debut for Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last Saturday. However, during this time Vaibhav was not able to shine with his batting. In this match played against Rajasthan, Vaibhav scored 13 runs in six balls. He was dismissed by Deepak Chahar.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made headlines this year when he made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bihar. At that time, Vaibhav was only 12 years old. He became the youngest player to play in this important first-class tournament of India. Vaibhav’s father Sanjeev Suryavanshi is a big fan of cricket. In his younger days, while living in Mumbai, Sanjeev himself wanted to become a cricketer, but his dream could not be fulfilled. Now Vaibhav is fulfilling his father’s dream.