In 14 years and 23 days, Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player in the history of the Indian Premier League on Saturday, who made his debut for Rajasthan Royals against Lucknow super veterans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The teenager has been nominated for the hosts and has come to bat to chase.
The year 2024 India is changing life for U-19 opener. In October, Vaibhav Suryavanshi named his name in history books as he became the youngest player to score an international century. Vaibhav scored 104 off 104 balls in 62 balls in India’s Under -19 Youth Test against Australia in Chennai.
A month later, Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be signed in IPL history as he ignited a dialect war between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi capitals, in the past, finally secured them for a beautiful amount of Rs 1.1 crore.
List of youngest IPL debutants
| No | player name | Age (on April 19) | team name |
| 1 | Splendor | 14 years, 23 days | Rajasthan Royals |
| 2 | Pay burman | 16 years, 257 days | Royal Challenagar Bangalore |
| 3 | Mujib ur Rahman | 1 7 years, 11 days | Punjab kings |
| 4 | Ryan Parag | 17 years, 152 days | Rajasthan Royals |
| 5 | Pradeep Sangwan | 17 years 179 days | Punjab kings |
Raising Suryavanshi completely goes completely about the way the Royals have traditionally gone about their business: for coming well to young stars, as he had done with Ravindra Jadeja, he gave him an IPL debut to Sanju Samson under Shane Warne in IPL 2008, or in 2013 under Shane Warne.
Vaibhav’s patron VVS Laxman is currently serving as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), monitoring his growth personally for the last two years.
The Indian Express understands that it was Laxman who recommended the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi the name of Rahul Dravid, the head coach of Rajasthan Royals.
