Vaibhav, 13, becomes youngest player in IPL history

13-year-old Indian cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player to become a part of Indian Premier League (IPL).

The two-day player bidding ceremony for IPL season 2025 began in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.  Franchises bought the best players for crores of rupees for their teams.

While most franchises made big names part of their team, a 13-year-old Indian cricketer, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, also became a part of the IPL for the first time when Rajasthan Royals bought Suryavanshi for 11 million Indian rupees.

Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be bought by any team in the history of the IPL.

On the other hand, Lucknow Supergiants bought Rishabh Pant for 27 crore Indian rupees, after which Pant became the most expensive player in the history of IPL.

IPL 2025 will be the 18th edition of this tournament, scheduled to be played between March and May next year.

Who is Vaibhav?

Vaibhav was born on 27 March 2011 in the village of Tajpur in the state of Bihar. He started his cricketing journey at the age of just four, and then at the age of 9, his father got him admitted to a cricket academy in a nearby town.

Vaibhav made his first-class debut for the state of Bihar in January 2024 at the age of just 13 in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Mumbai.

Vaibhav Suryavinshi also scored a brilliant century against the Australia U-19 team while representing the India U-19 team at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai in the Youth Test.

The young player played a brilliant innings of 104 runs off 62 balls and became the youngest player to score a century in the Youth Test format.

Suryavinshi also became the second fastest century scorer in the Youth Test format and the fastest Indian player to score a century in this format.