Vaibhav Suryavanshi Story: Father Sold Farm Land To Fuel Cricket Dream, Son Shatters World Record

Vaibhav Suryavanshi – Remember the title. What the 14-year-old child achieved on Monday at such a young age is what desires are made from. Playing in solely his third IPL 2025 match, Vaibhav Suryavanshi slammed a 35-ball ton for Rajasthan Royals towards Gujarat Titans in Jaipur. It is the least variety of balls taken by an Indian to attain a ton within the IPL. At 14 years and 32 days, Vaibhav Suryavanshi is now the youngest ever to slam a century in T20 cricket. However, the fairytale journey that began from Samastipur, Bihar, has not been straightforward in any respect. 

Even with child fats refusing to depart the contours of his cheeks, the secure core and holding his form are issues that stand out.

The fundamentals constructed by these hours of toil in Patna, enjoying 600 balls a day from the age of 10 did present its outcomes. The days of dealing with 16-17 12 months outdated internet bowlers for whom his father Sanjiv Suryavanshi, would pack 10 additional tiffin packing containers have not gone waste.

The determination of the Suryavanshi household to place all their eggs in a single basket and don’t have any Plan B by promoting farm land to gasoline their son’s cricketing ambitions will definitely turn into part of cricketing folklores that can be spoken in years to come back.



Vaibhav, who kickstarted his IPL profession by slamming a sixer towards Shardul Thakur on his very first ball within the competitors, has now made 151 runs in three matches at a median of 75.50 and a strike fee of 222.05, with the perfect rating of 101*.

During the IPL mega-auction final 12 months, one of many largest surprises that emerged was Suryavanshi changing into a Royal for Rs 1.1 crore. Born on March 27, 2011, in Bihar, Vaibhav is the youngest participant on the checklist. He made his first-class debut for Bihar in January 2024 at simply 12 years and 284 days outdated. Last 12 months, he was a part of India U19’s match towards Australia in Chennai, the place he smashed a 58-ball century.

He additionally made his T20 debut for Bihar throughout the SMAT 2024 match, although he couldn’t rating a lot in his solely outing. He was additionally the seventh-highest run-getter within the ACC Under 19 Asia Cup 2024-25. He scored 176 runs in 5 matches within the match with a highest rating of 76*.

With ANI and PTI inputs