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File picture of Vaibhav Suryavanshi.© AFP
13-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi continues to topple extra data. The left-handed batter – who turned the youngest-ever participant to be bought in an Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale in November when he was bought to Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.1 crore – has now turn out to be the youngest-ever Indian participant to play a Checklist A sport, breaking a file that had stood for 1 / 4 of a century. Suryavanshi broke the file after making his Vijay Hazare Trophy (India’s home one-day match) debut for Bihar towards Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
On the age of 13 years and 269 days outdated, Suryavanshi comfortably beats the earlier file set by Ali Akbar within the 1999/00 season, when the latter performed for Vidarbha on the age of 14 years and 51 days.
Suryavanshi continues to interrupt age-records, having already turn out to be the youngest participant to play a Ranji Trophy sport and to signify India U19 previous to this.
Nevertheless, the debut did not go too effectively for Suryavanshi who perished for 4 runs in two balls. After slamming the primary ball for a boundary, Suryavanshi was dismissed the very subsequent supply by Aryan Anand Pandey.
Bihar might solely handle a complete of 196, which Madhya Pradesh chased down with ease. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star Rajat Patidar slammed a half-century, whereas Rs 23.75 crore Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) signing Venkatesh Iyer remained unbeaten on the finish.
Suryavanshi earned his first IPL contract in November, as he was purchased by one-time champions Rajasthan Royals. He’ll play underneath the watchful steerage of legendary India batter and coach Rahul Dravid at RR.
From there, Suryavanshi impressed on the ACC Males’s U19 Asia Cup, as he scored 176 runs in 5 video games at a median of 76 and a sensational strike price of 145.
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