Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made historical past by changing into the youngest participant to play within the Indian Premier League (IPL) – and promptly hit the primary ball he confronted for a six.
Opening the batting Suryavanshi, who solely turned 14 final month, got here on as an affect substitute for Rajasthan Royals and scored 34 runs off 20 balls, asserting himself on the large stage by hitting the primary ball over further cowl for a most.
Suryavanshi hit three sixes and two fours throughout his 20-ball cameo earlier than he was stumped by Lucknow Tremendous Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant.
{The teenager} was changing Rajasthan’s injured skipper Sanju Samson, who suffered an damage to his facet towards Delhi Capitals of their earlier sport.
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Suryavanshi appears dejected as he walks after shedding his wicket.
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Suryavanshi turned the youngest participant purchased in an IPL public sale when he was signed by Rajasthan Royals for £105,000.
His choice got here simply weeks after he smashed a 58-ball hundred for India U19s towards Australia U19s in an unofficial take a look at in Chennai.
Suryavanshi, who was born in 2011, holds one other document as the primary IPL cricketer born after the event started in 2008.
The earlier youngest IPL debutant was Prayas Rai Burman, who featured in 2019 aged 16 and 154 days for Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
In the meantime, Afghanistan’s Mujeeb ur Rahman is the youngest worldwide cricketer within the IPL, debuting at 17 in 2018 for Punjab Kings.
