Meet 13-year-old Bihar cricketer, who broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record, now nearing another milestone in India colours

New Delhi: Vaibhav Suryavanshi had already been a star when he broke Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh’s record of youngest-ever debutant in the Ranji Trophy. He was 12 years old then. On Monday, the Bihar cricketer etched his name in the history books again by becoming the youngest half-centurion in the U-19 stage at 13 years and 187 days when the left-hander hit an unbeaten 81 off just 47 balls against a touring Australia A side in the ongoing first Youth Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Having decimated Australia 3-0 in the youth ODI series last month, the Indians were the clear favourites going into the unofficial Test match. Batting first, Australia U-19 were six wickets down at 152 before a 98-run stand for the seventh wicket between Christian Howe (48) and Aidan O Connor (61) pulled the visitors up.

For India, Samarth Nagraj and Mohammed Ennan took three wickets each while Aditya Rawat two wickets. In reply, India were 103 without loss in 14 overs, thanks to a whirlwind half-century by Suryavanshi. Vihaan Malhotra is accompanying Suryavanshi with an unbeaten 21 at the other end.

If Suryavanshi manages to score 19 runs more on the second day on Tuesday, he will become the youngest ever to score a century for India U-19 side. But this is not the first time he is playing for an age-group Indian team. Last year, Suryavanshi was a part of the India B U-19 side who were a part of the Quadrangular Under-19 Series held at home.

Suryavanshi scored 177 runs in six matches in the Quadrangular Under-19 Series including two fifty-plus scores (one each against Bangladesh U-19 and England U-19). Post that outing, he made his debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy. While he scored 19 and 12 on his debut against Mumbai, Suryavanshi couldn’t open his account in both innings against Chhattisgarh.

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