The 14-year-old Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi had a solid Indian Premier League (IPL) debut against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) as he started off his innings with a six on his first ball, making him the 10th player to do so. Suryavanshi joined the elite list during IPL clash between RR and LSG at Jaipur’s Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
Here are the three records that Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke on his IPL debut:
At the age of 14 years and 23 days, Suryavanshi is now the youngest debutant in IPL, which started in 2008. Suryavanshi broke the record of Prayas Ray Barman, who made IPL debut at 16 years and 157 days in 2019. He was part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Suryavanshi also became the youngest batter to hit a six in IPL. Before Saturday, the record was held by Riyan Parag, who is playing for RR. Parag hit a six aged 17 years and 161 days. Suryavanshi is also now the youngest to hit a four in IPL. Before Saturday, Prayas Ray Barman held this record for six years.
Suryavanshi has also joined the elite company of Australia’s Rob Quiney, the Caribbean’s Kevon Cooper, West Indies icon Andre Russell, West Indies all-rounder Carlos Braithwaite, India’s Aniket Choudhary, West Indies’ Javon Searles, India’s Siddhesh Lad, Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana, and India’s Sameer Rizwi in the elite company of players who kickstarted their IPL careers with a six on the very first ball.
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