Indore. Indian cricket's rising star Vaibhav Suryavanshi has achieved another big achievement at the age of just 15. Young star batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest captain in men's T20 history at the age of 15 years and 232 days. He achieved this feat in Bihar's first match against Saurashtra in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) on Saturday. For Suryavanshi, this achievement is another big milestone in his short career. He has created this history about ten months after India won the Under-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and just five months after making his T20 debut for the Indian team. His presence is also expected to boost the Bihar team, which was under pressure after four consecutive defeats in the first phase of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season.
Vaibhav broke the record of Croatian player
With this achievement, Vaibhav Suryavanshi also left behind the record of Croatia's Jak Vukusic. He broke the record of Croatia's Jack Vukusic, who captained his national team at the age of 17 years and 311 days. This is another big achievement in Suryavanshi's short career. Vukusic captained the Croatian team in the T20 International match against Cyprus on 7 August 2025 at the age of 17 years and 311 days. At the same time, Vaibhav achieved this position at the age of just 15 years and 232 days by taking charge of Bihar, about two years younger than him. In this way he became the youngest captain in the history of men's T20 cricket.
Before this, he has also handled the responsibility in Duleep Trophy.
This is not the first captaincy related achievement for Vaibhav Suryavanshi this year. Earlier, he was also appointed as the vice-captain of the East Zone team for the 2026-27 Duleep Trophy. The command of that team was in the hands of wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan. Now by taking over the captaincy of Bihar's senior team, Vaibhav has presented another example of his leadership skills.
Suryavanshi will also play for India A
He has achieved this milestone ten months after helping India win the Under-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe and just five months after making his T20 debut for India. Bihar has got a lot of strength with the arrival of Suryavanshi in the team. The team was already under pressure after four consecutive defeats in the first half of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. However, after winning the toss and deciding to bat first, Suryavanshi could score only 18 runs on 12 balls. He was caught out on his own ball by left arm fast bowler Chetan Sakariya. After this match, Suryavanshi will be available for only one more SMAT match.
Showed strength against New Zealand also
He will then join the India A team for the ACC Rising Stars Emerging Tournament starting from November 19 in Doha. This tournament will be played in 50 over format. Suryavanshi's last match for India was on the New Zealand tour. In that match, he made an opening partnership of 133 runs with Abhishek Sharma in just 7.1 overs and scored 45 runs in 19 balls. India won that series 3-2 and Suryavanshi played two T20s in that series.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi played his eighth T20 match for Bihar as soon as he took the field against Saurashtra on Saturday. At the same time, this was the total 44th T20 match of his career. Out of these, he has played 23 matches for Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Suryavanshi has already made headlines for his explosive batting. While playing for India A in the ACC Rising Star Tournament in November last year, he scored 144 runs in just 42 balls against UAE. With this innings, he made the record of scoring the joint third fastest T20 century by an Indian batsman.