Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to represent India after receiving his maiden India cap from Tilak Verma before the second T20I against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday.
The 15-year-old batter moved past Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing India debut age mark, according to The Times of India. Tendulkar made his India debut against Pakistan in 1989 at 16 years and 205 days.
Sooryavanshi’s India call-up followed a high-output IPL 2026 season
Sooryavanshi earned national selection after finishing IPL 2026 as the highest run-scorer with 776 runs at a strike rate of 230.
The Rajasthan Royals batter also won the Most Valuable Player and Emerging Player awards in the same IPL season. The source report said Sooryavanshi became the first player in IPL history to win the Orange Cap, Most Valuable Player and Emerging Player awards in one season.
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Sooryavanshi hit 72 sixes in IPL 2026, with the source report stating that the tally broke Chris Gayle’s record for the most sixes in a single IPL season. Rajasthan Royals reached the playoffs during that campaign.
His early record includes first-class cricket, Under-19 runs and an IPL contract
Sooryavanshi was born in Tajpur in Bihar’s Samastipur district in 2011. He made his first-class debut in 2024 at 12 years and 284 days.
India later picked Sooryavanshi in the Under-19 squad, where he drew attention with a 58-ball century in a Youth Test against Australia.
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Rajasthan Royals signed Sooryavanshi for Rs 1.10 crore at the IPL auction, making him the youngest player in the tournament’s history to earn an IPL contract at 13 years of age.
Sooryavanshi made his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals at 14 years and 23 days against Lucknow Super Giants. He hit Shardul Thakur for six off the first ball he faced.
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Nine days after that IPL debut, Sooryavanshi became the youngest centurion in IPL history with a 35-ball hundred against Gujarat Titans. The source report said the innings was five deliveries slower than Chris Gayle’s record-fastest IPL century.
Under-19 World Cup and India A runs strengthened the selection case
Sooryavanshi had already made an international-age-group impact before the India debut. In February, he scored 175 off 80 balls in India’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup final win over England.
India won that final by 100 runs, and Sooryavanshi was named Player of the Series. After his IPL season, India A selected Sooryavanshi for a tri-series.
Sooryavanshi scored 211 runs in five India A matches at an average of 42.20 and a strike rate of 200.95. His India A run included 94 off 29 balls in the final, where India won the title by 66 runs.
The debut score and match result were not included in the source report
The report confirmed Sooryavanshi’s cap presentation and debut record, but it did not provide his score in the T20I or the final match result. Those match details remain unavailable from the source article.
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