'8th grade plays in IPL': Sundar Pichai stunned by 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi's historic debut | Mint

Suryavanshi, at just 14, made history as the youngest player in IPL and debuted for Rajasthan Royals. He scored 34 runs off 20 balls in a match against Lucknow Super Giants, who showed his talent and received attention from Cricketists and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is awestruck by the Vaibhav Suryavanshi debut at the age of 14, Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded to a video of Rajasthan Royals Battery Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s dream debut in the IPL. The 14 -year -old was bought at a prize of £ 1.1 crores in the IPL -Mega auctions of this year and played his first match at Saturdary against the Lucknow Super Giants. Pichai wrote awestruck by Suryavanshi’s power -up capabilities on his X (formerly Twitter) account, “woke up to look at an 8th grade in the IPL !!!! What a debut!” Vaibhav Suryavanshi Create History: Suryavanshi created history on Saturday when he became the youngest player who ever played for an IPL franchise at the age of 14 years and 23 days. Interestingly, Suryavanshi was born in 2011, three years after the Indian Premier League came into being in 2008, making him the first player to play in an IPL match to be born after the start of the tournament. Suryavanshi was named Rajasthan Royals’ Impact Player list and later replaced Sandeep Sharma to open the turn with Yashasvi Jaiswal. The 14-year-old man showed his class in the very first with a beautiful six over the lids of Shardul Thakur. He continued until the 9th and scored 84 runs for the first wicket. However, despite his 34 run (from 20 balls), RR could not win the game due to a majestic game of Ave Khan, Lucknow Super Giants. Who is Vaibhav Suryavanshi? Suryavanshi, from Samastipur in Bihar, had earlier made headlines for his extraordinary performances on the field. In the Ranji Trophy season 2023-24, Suryavanshi made his debut against Mumbai at the age of 12 years and 284 days. It was a record in itself. Suryavanshi attracted the attention of cricket experts during the youth test series against Australia in Chennai, where he scored 104 runs from just 62 balls. He also became the latest Centurion in the 170-year history of competitive cricket at 13 years and 188 days. The left -hander also set a record for the fastest century by an Indian at youth level. His lightning century of 58 balls is the second fastest at this level behind England’s Moeen Ali, who achieved the performance in 56 balls. First Published: 20 Apr 2025, 10:21 am Ist