Happiness leaped no bounds at Vaibhav Suryavanshi household after the 13-year-old became the youngest ever to get an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract on Monday during the mega auction in Jeddah. Starting at a base price of ₹30 lakh, the Bihar prodigy started a bidding war between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals before eventually landing at the 2008 champions for ₹1.10 crore.
Suryavanshi, who made his T20 debut for Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 (SMAT) tournament on Monday, has been in headlines all through the year. He made his Ranji Trophy debut at just 12 years and 284 days against Mumbai, which itself is a record, thus becoming the youngest player in the tournament’s history.
The southpaw was only 12 years old when scored nearly 400 runs in just five matches for Bihar in the the Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
What made Royals invest in Suryavanshi?
According to his father Sanjiv Suryavanshi, his son was called for trials in Nagpur by Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals batting coach Vikram Rathour gave Suryavanshi a match situation where the youngster had to score 17 runs in an over.
The youngster hit three sixes in an over to seal the deal. Overall, Suryavanshi hit eight sixes and four fours at the trials which impressed the Rajasthan Royals support staff, who certainly saw a start in making in the teenager.
Unlike the other prodigies in recent past, Suryavanshi is yet to play a significant knock in first-class cricket, despite creating ripples in junior circuit. He averages only 10 in five matches with a best of 41.
Earlier, this year, Suryavanshi made scouts sit and watch when he scored a 62-ball 104 for India U-19 against Australia U-19 in a Youth Test match at home. In the process, he became the youngest Indian batter to score an international century.
In his SMAT debut, Suryavanshi made a 6-ball 13 before falling to Rajasthan pacer Deepak Chahar, who went to Mumbai Indians for a staggering ₹9.25 crore.
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