NEW DELHI: Aged 13, Bihar’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi just lately made historical past, turning into youngest participant ever to be signed by an Indian Premier League franchise.
On the public sale held final month in Jeddah, Rajasthan Royals made the shock decide, shelling out Rs 1.10 crore for the prodigy.
The Royals, who received the inaugural title, have had the knack of choosing up younger abilities and grooming them and Suryavanshi seems to be the newest addition to the checklist, who will now have a mentor in legendary Rahul Dravid to be taught intricacies of the sport.
Skipper Sanju Samson just lately revealed why the franchise went for Suryavanshi, highlighting that he himself is fairly excited to satisfy the teenager sensation.
“I’ve seen his highlights. The entire folks within the Rajasthan decision-making group noticed him bat on the U19 Take a look at match vs Australia in Chennai, the place he scored 100 of 60-70 balls. The pictures that he performed there, it felt like, that is one thing particular and we felt like we have now to have these sort of people within the aspect and see the place they go,” Sanju Samson instructed AB de Villiers in an interview.
“However Rajasthan Royals have a historical past of doing this. They discover out abilities and make them champions. For instance, there’s a Yashasvi Jaiswal who got here to RR as a teen and now’s a rock star of the Indian staff. There’s Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel – all of them fall beneath that line. I believe RR loves that sort of factor – sure, we wish to win the IPL, however we additionally wish to make it possible for we’re giving sufficient champions to Indian cricket. Will probably be thrilling to satisfy him,” Samson mentioned.
On the public sale, Suryavanshi’s base worth was Rs 30 lakh and Delhi Capitals too went for him however the Royals ultimately received the higher of DC to get the participant on board.
Suryavanshi made headlines just lately when he turned the youngest batter to attain a global century, reaching the feat in a Youth Take a look at for India Underneath-19 towards Australia U-19 in Chennai.
Suryavanshi made his T20 and Ranji debut for Bihar this season.
He just lately repersented India within the U19 Asia Cup the place India misplaced to Bangladesh within the finale.
