Rising Indian batting star Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been felicitated with the `Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar` by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Vaibhav has been awarded for his scintillating batting performances for Team India in age-group cricket and for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The 14-year-old batter from Bihar has become the talk of the entire nation with his batting exploits. With many comparing his rise to that of Indian cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, who also started as a teen prodigy from Mumbai.
Domestic batting star Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, who made history last year by becoming the youngest player to earn an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract after being bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 1.1 crore, has achieved plenty of milestones in a career that has taken off over the last year or so, reported ANI.
Before his maiden IPL appearance, the Bihar batter had cracked a 58-ball century for India in a four-day game against Australia U19 and had featured in the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in 2024, scoring 176 runs at an average of 44, with two fifties.
Vaibhav made his IPL debut against Lucknow Super Giants in the absence of injured skipper Sanju Samson, smashing his first ball, bowled by Indian all-rounder Shardul Thakur, for a huge six and scoring 34 in 20 balls.
The Bihar batting sensation, in just seven innings of his debut IPL season, got 252 runs at an average of 36.00 and a strike rate of above 206, with a century and a fifty to his name.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored an IPL ton in his debut season
Suryavanshi’s century against the Gujarat Titans made him the youngest centurion in all of T20 cricket, and he also outclassed the former Indian hitter`s record for the fastest IPL century by an Indian, reaching the milestone in just 35 balls, smashing seven fours and 11 sixes in his knock.
Fastest century in U-19
Later, after the IPL, during the India U19 team`s tour of England, the hard-hitting leftie smashed the fastest century in the U19 ODI format and became the youngest to do so, blasting a brutal 78-ball 143, comprising 13 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of 183.33. Suryavanshi`s ton came off 52 balls, surpassing Pakistan`s Kamran Ghulam`s 53-ball effort against England back in 2013, as per ANI.
Suryavanshi was the top run-getter of the ODI leg of the series, with 355 runs in five innings at an average of 71.00, a strike rate of 174.01, with a century and fifty.
Vaibhav’s prolific run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali and Vijay Hazare Trophies
Last month, in his side`s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy clash against Maharashtra, he became the youngest ever to score a century in the tournament`s history, smashing a 61-ball 108, with seven fours and seven sixes against Maharashtra at a strike rate of over 177.
At 14 years and 272 days, Suryavanshi became the youngest player to hit a century in men`s List A cricket during the Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025-26 Plate League fixture against Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. It was Vaibhav`s first non-T20I ton in senior cricket, which came in just 36 deliveries. This was the teenager`s seventh List A game, after debuting against Madhya Pradesh in December 2025.
(With inputs from ANI)
