At the age of 15, Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a world record of captaincy, became the youngest captain of T-20 cricket.

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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Whenever Indian cricket team's young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi takes the field, he makes some big record. Now Vaibhav has been given the captaincy of Bihar in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026. Vaibhav has created history as soon as he entered the field in the match being played against Saurashtra on Saturday. He has become the youngest captain in the world to captain in T-20 cricket. Before this, no player at the age of 15 years or younger has captained the team.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made world record

Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created history and created a world record as soon as he entered the field in the match being played with Saurashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has become the youngest captain in the history of T-20 cricket. Yes, at the age of 15, Vaibhav has been given the captaincy of Bihar in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026.

Along with giving toss update, BCCI Domestic wrote on X- “Bihar have won the toss and elected to bat first against Saurashtra. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest captain in men's T20 history at just 15 years of age and has taken charge.”

Earlier, the record of becoming the youngest captain for India in T-20 was in the name of Mahipal Lomror. Mahipal Lomror captained Rajasthan in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2018, when he was 18 years and 67 days old. Whereas, if we look overall, before Vaibhav, this record was held by Croatia's player Jack Vukusic, who took the captaincy of the T-20 team against Cyprus on 7 August 2025 for 17 years and 311 days. Top 5 youngest captains in the world in T20:-

Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Bihar) – 15 years 232 days

Jack Vukusic (Croatia) – 17 years 311 days

Mahipal Lomror (Rajasthan) – 18 years 67 days

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) – 20 years 350 days

Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan) – 22 years 127 days

Vaibhav Suryavanshi could not play big innings as captain

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, as captain for Bihar, could not make a big score. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who came to open, was out after scoring just 18 runs in 12 balls. He hit 2 fours and a six in his innings. He was looking for a big shot on every ball, when Chetan Sakaria caught and bowled him and showed him the way to the pavilion. Let us tell you, before this Vaibhav Suryavanshi has played the role of vice-captain for East Zone in Duleep Trophy.

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