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Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the young batsman of the Indian national cricket team, is on the verge of creating history. As India prepares for the first T20I against Ireland in Belfast on June 26, if Vaibhav Suryavanshi gets a place in the playing XI then he will become the youngest player to represent India at the age of just 15 years and 91 days.
After the two-match T20I series in Ireland, the teenage sensation was also selected for India’s T20I series against England and the Asian Games 2026. Vaibhav’s story is special; It started with his father, Sanjeev Suryavanshi, who was a club level cricketer from Motipur village in Bihar.
The coach saw something special in little Vaibhav Suryavanshi
Sanjeev Suryavanshi could never fulfill his cricket dream, but when the coaches saw his son’s extraordinary talent, they put all their time and effort into helping Vaibhav fulfill a bigger dream. However, Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s England tour comes with unique restrictions and different facilities.
His first coach, Brajesh Jha, still remembers the ‘small’ left-hander standing out among the much bigger boys during training sessions. Despite being very young, Vaibhav Suryavanshi understood the instructions immediately and learned new skills faster than most of the players around him.
The Athletic quoted Brajesh Jha as saying, “When he first came, there were very few kids playing cricket in Samastipur district. There was this little kid among all the seniors… As soon as he was told something, he followed the work very fast – how to take a stance, how to run, whatever was explained to him.”
Coach remembers Patna trial
Recalling the trials in Patna, the coach said that people started discussing about a young left-handed player and the discussion grew so much that Vaibhav made it to the Bihar Under-17 team at the age of just 8.
He further said, “When we took him to Patna for trials, the news spread throughout the area that there was a small left-handed batsman from Samastipur who had extraordinary talent. At the age of eight and a half, he was selected for the state’s Under-17 team.”
Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s love for batting surprises his coach
Jha said that batting was always Vaibhav’s biggest love and he could spend hours in the nets without getting tired. “He had a level of toughness in the practice sessions – the more I increased it, the more easily he adapted to it,” he said.
“His adaptability was amazing. When Vaibhav trained, if you sent him out for fielding, within 10 minutes he would come and say he had a headache. But if you asked him to bat even at night, he would never say he was tired.”
At the age of nine, Vaibhav once faced 100 balls against state-level bowlers but scored only 30 runs. However, Kishore’s coach was delighted as the young boy showed tremendous courage and patience to survive 100 balls against bowlers much older than him.
Later, Vaibhav made his debut for India at the age of 12 and scored a century against Gujarat Titans in his debut season. Rajasthan Royals had signed the Bihar player for Rs 1.10 crore and now he is ready to make his parents proud.