Mumbai: A few years ago, Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) faced an unusual prediction. A 12 -year -old boy from Samestipur was emerging as a unique talent, but he could not be played in the Bihar U -16 team due to BCCI rules, which were introduced during the Kovid era, for which the players were required to be 14 years or older, which were to qualify for the U -16 level.
“I saw him for the first time when he was just 11 or 12 years old at the Jane Next Academy in Patna, where he was undergoing training Manish OjaA former Bihar player. Due to the rules, we could not pick it up. Interestingly, those rules did not ban him from playing for U-19S. We contacted BCA President Rakesh Tiwari and told us, “If you are convinced about his talent and future, go ahead and pick them up, but just take care of him,” said the head coach of the senior team of Bihar and former coach Ashok Kumar of the U -19 and U -23 sides.
he was a boy SplendorWhich became the youngest T20 Centurion after breaking 35 balls against Gujarat’s Titans at just 14 years old.
The match referee at the Vinu Mankad Trophy (U-19 ODI) in Chandigarh, “I told Vishnu Vardhan that we had a talented 12-year-old Vaibhav named Vaibhav. Before our first match, against Assam, Vaishava insisted on playing in XI. And he scored 89. He stood for the attitude and interaction for me.
“Vishnu sent an innings recording to India, which used to send a U-19 chief selector S Sharath, who then sent a selector to see a splendor. Initially, the selector was not convinced that he was from Bihar! He thought we would recruit him from Delhi. He scored 148 runs in that match against Vaiyan.
“Vaibhav was then selected for BCCI’s U-19 Challenger Trophy, then U-19 quadrilateral, although he did not get a game and was disappointed. But finally, he got his chance in ‘Test’ matches against Australia (September 2024). In his U-19 Test debut, he made the fastest, 58-goal tonne by an Indian U-19 player, he said Ashok.
Who is that IPL player?
In the 2024 ACC U-19 Asia Cup, Suryavanshi scored 76 off 46 balls against UAE and scored 67 runs in 36 balls against Sri Lanka in the semi-finals. His childhood coach, Manish Ojha, told TOI from Patna, “When I started coaching him, he was eight years old. He is a god-worse, natural talent. He loves playing his stroke. I helped him to the channel. The ability to become an attacker batsman is incredible. If he continues this way, if he continues this way, I see him playing for India in two years.”
Looking at his high bagelift, it is not difficult to identify his cricket statue. “Vaibhav gives Bryan Lara idol. He attacks like Lara – regardless of the bowler’s reputation – and his high backlift mirror Lara. All 16 IPL sixes have come against international bowlers,” Jha said.
Incidentally, Vaibhav started his Ranji Trophy at the age of 12.
