New Delhi: It is not every day that cricket history bows to the will of a school student. The journey of fourteen -year -old Vaibhav Suryavanshi through IPL 2025 reads like a fake, only in a real time, the dazzle of floodlights and the investigation of millions.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!When Rajasthan Royals picked him up in the mega auction last year, most of them saw it as a bold, perhaps symbolic, gesture – a sign for youth and ability. But as the season progresses, the left-handed proud performance has been promised from Tajpur village in Bihar.Who is that IPL player?Rajasthan Royals batting coach Vikram Rathore, who was himself a former India opener, was admitted in his praise for ‘Boy Wonder’ and appreciated the nature of Suryavanshi. “Very impressive,” Rathor said after RR’s game against CSK here. “We have been working with her for some time right now – perhaps three to four months. We have seen all these aspects, but it is very good to see them performing well in sports in pressure situations.”
Suryavanshi’s IPL debut was a statement in itself. If there were veins, she was well hidden. Facing the Lucknow super veterans, he launched Shardul Thakur on the ropes for six with his first ball, a shot that immediately went on social media and set a tone for what was about to come. He completed his debut with a brisk 34, but it was clear that Suryavanshi was not just here to make the number.
The season defined by the Titans of Gujarat came. Royals, desperate to a spark, found one in his teenage age. Suryavanshi made his way by scoring 101 runs off just 38 balls, registered the second fastest century in IPL history and broke the record in the league for the youngest Centurion and all professional limited-over cricket. His innings was filled with 11 sixes, which was a masterclass in clean hitting and composition, as he demolished experienced bowlers with a mixture of classical stroke and fearless aggression.
But Suryavanshi’s season was not just about fireworks. The final group-step match against CSK, the Royals, chased 188, showed a different dimension for their game. The pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium offered the initial movement, and the experienced CSK attack investigated for the weaknesses.Suryavanshi started carefully, doing intervals, rotating the strike and absorbing pressure. Only once when he was set, he left his trademark six. On his 57 runs off 33 balls, Chase outlined a maturity, which completed his age. It was in these moments – when the ball was seam, when the asking rate climbed, when the opposition tightened the grip – that the nature of Suryavanshi was the most bright.“In such a big game, when he went in, the ball was doing a little. She hardly got any delivery and did not have much strike in the powerplay,” Rathore said. “The kind of maturity and nature shown was excellent.”
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