VaibhavSuryavanshi, who hails from Bihar, has created history in the IPL mega auction. Vaibhav is a resident of Samastipur and has registered his name in the IPL mega auction ahead of IPL 2025. Vaibhav's name has been registered in the 68th set in the auction list released by the IPL Governing Council. This time the names of 574 players have been shortlisted for the IPL Mega Auction. Vaibhav is the youngest player to be shortlisted for the IPL mega auction. Vaibhav's father Sanjeev Suryavanshi is is a farmer, who has always wanted his son to become a cricketer. Vaibhav's father says that Vaibhav has been playing cricket since the age of 5.
Youngest player to debut in Ranji
Vaibhav made his Ranji debut for Bihar at the age of 12 years, 9 months and 14 days. His debut match was against Mumbai at Patna's Moinul Haque Stadium. Only Alimuddin made his debut at a younger age than him. According to Vaibhav's father, Vaibhav has been consistenly playing cricket since the age of 5. Vaibhav has played cricket with a leather ball since the beginning. Vaibhav joined the cricket academy for the first time at the age of 7. Vaibhav has been playing matches for older age groups since the age of 10.
Vaibhav scored 49 centuries in a year
Since the last one year, Vaibhav has scored a total of 49 centuries and 3 double centuries in different level cricket matches. This is the reason why Vaibhav has been shortlisted for the IPL mega auction. Vaibhav has also been selected for the Under-19 World Cup to be held this month. Vaibhav scored 50 runs while playing against England in the Under-19 debut match.