Indian batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Saturday made history as the youngest ever IPL gamer at 14 years of ages after Rajasthan Royals brought him in as their impact alternative versus Lucknow Super Giants.Suryavanshi, a left-hand batsman, earned a deal in the financially rewarding T20 tournament after Rajasthan bought him for $130,500 in the November auction when he was still aged just 13.
At 14 years and 23 days, Suryavanshi easily beat the previous record for the IPL's youngest debutant held by Prayas Ray Barman, who was 16 years and 157 days old when he played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2019, AFP reported.Suryavanshi was added as an impact gamer for the match at Rajasthan's home in Jaipur after skipper Sanju Samson was eliminated due to injury.The teen then came out to open the innings along with Yashasvi Jaiswal as Rajasthan looked for to chase down 181, changing medium-pace bowler Sandeep Sharma.Suryavanshi made an instant impact when he smacked his very first ball for a 6 —-- a flat-batted hit over the extra-cover boundary —-- off pace bowler Shardul Thakur.The baby-faced Suryavanshi, called — Boss Baby -- a popular animated movie —-- by the television analysts, smashed 34 before being baffled off South African spinner Aiden Markram.The child hit two fours and three sixes in his 20-ball knock and put on 85 runs for the first wicket with fellow left-hander Jaiswal, who has actually played 19 Tests for India.Suryavanshi comes from India's poorest state, Bihar, and his daddy is a farmer and part-time journalist, according to Indian media.He is an explosive batter and rose to prominence with a 58-ball century in an Under-19 Test versus Australia —-- the second fastest heap in youth Tests after England's Moeen Ali, who struck 100 in 56 balls in 2005.
Suryavanshi made his domestic Ranji debut aged 12 in January last year.Rajasthan coach Rahul Dravid was impressed by his trial in the net session prior to the auction and later stated Suryavanshi has got some truly excellent abilities.
Sunday 's lineupSunday, April 20, once again provides an exhilarating double-header, which TINS Television will broadcast live and specifically in Afghanistan.
First off will be Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore.
This match begins at 2pm.
The 2nd match of the day will see Mumbai Indians handle Chennai Super Kings at 5pm.
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