Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 13-year-old batter from Bihar, has been within the information lately after he was roped in by the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the Indian Premier League (IPL) Mega Public sale earlier this week. Suryavanshi, who’s the youngest ever participant to register for public sale, was roped in by the franchise for Rs 1.1 crore on Day 2 of the public sale in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Nevertheless, the younger batter didn’t reside as much as the hype in his maiden U19 Asia Cup outing on Saturday.
With India chasing 282 of their opening conflict towards arch-rivals Pakistan, Suryavanshi performed 9 balls, scoring a solitary run. He was dismissed by pacer Ali Raza within the fifth over of India’s chase.
Forward of the match towards Pakistan, Suryavanshi revealed his cricketing idol and stated that he tries to play like West Indies cricket legend Brian Lara.
Talking to Sony Sports activities Community, Suryavanshi stated that he’s focussing on his recreation at the moment and never bothered by what’s occurring round him.
“I am at the moment targeted on my recreation. I am not bothered by what’s occurring round me. I wish to focus on the Asia Cup first after which take it recreation by recreation,” Suryavanshi instructed Sony Sports activities Community forward of India U19 and Pakistan U19 match.
He added that Brian Lara is his idol and he tries to maintain it pure with no matter abilities he has.
“Brian Lara is my idol. I attempt to play like him relaxation I attempt to preserve it pure with no matter abilities I’ve and I wish to work on that,” he added.
made his first-class debut for Bihar in January 2024 at simply 12 years and 284 days outdated. Final month, he was a part of India U19’s match towards Australia in Chennai, the place he smashed a 58-ball century.
In 5 first-class matches, Vaibhav has scored 100 runs, with a highest rating of 41. He’s at the moment collaborating within the ongoing Ranji Trophy.
He additionally represented Bihar within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he made his T20 debut towards Rajasthan on November 23.
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