Bidding for Suryavanshi began at its base price of INR 30 lakh and RR and Delhi Capitals (DC) soon became involved in the bidding battle, which ultimately went in favor of RR.
Suryavanshi, who hails from Samastipur, a city about 100 kilometers northeast of Patna, has featured in five Ranji Trophy matches since his first-class debut against Mumbai earlier this year and is currently playing T20 in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Bihar . He recently made his T20 debut against Rajasthan on November 23.
The highlight of his career so far is the century against Australia Under-19, in which he managed only 58 balls, before falling for 104. That knock made Suryavanshi the youngest player, at 13 years and 187 days, in scoring a century as a youth. cricket, breaking the previous record of 14 years and 241 days held by current Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto.
Suryavanshi also has a triple century to his name (unbeaten 332) in an under-19 tournament in Bihar, the Randhir Verma Tournament. He idolizes Brian Lara and occasionally consults former India opener Wasim Jaffer about his game; They first met during an under-19 white-ball tournament in Bangladesh in November 2023.
His formal coach, however, is his father Sanjeev Suryavanshi. Sanjeev was also a cricketer, but when he couldn’t reach the higher levels, he took up coaching and started working with Vaibhav once he showed interest in playing the game seriously.
