Vaibhav Suryavanshi has made another big record in his name in the world of cricket. At the age of 15 years and 232 days, he has become the youngest captain in men's T20 cricket. He captained Bihar in the 2026–27 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He made this record as soon as he entered the first match of the tournament against Saurashtra in Indore. Earlier this record was in the name of Croatia's Jack Vukusic. He captained his national team at the age of 17 years and 311 days.
This is another big achievement in Vaibhav's career. He made his debut for India in T20 International cricket only about five months ago. At the same time, less than 10 months ago, he played an important role in India winning the Under-19 World Cup in Zimbabwe.
Was out after scoring 18 runs in the first match
Bihar has got strength with Vaibhav joining the team. The team has lost four consecutive matches in the first half of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. In such a situation, good performance was expected from him. However, he could not play a big innings against Saurashtra. He scored 18 runs on 12 balls. He was caught and bowled out by left arm fast bowler Chetan Sakariya. In this match, Bihar had decided to bat first.
After this match, Vaibhav will be able to play only one more match for Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After this he will join the India A team. India A is scheduled to play the ACC Rising Stars Emerging Tournament in Doha from November 19. This tournament will be in 50 over format.
Showed strength even on New Zealand tour
Vaibhav recently played for India on the New Zealand tour. In a match of this series, he scored 45 runs on just 19 balls. During this, he made an opening partnership of 133 runs with Abhishek Sharma in 7.1 overs. Vaibhav played two T20I matches in this series. India won this series 3-2.
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The match against Saurashtra was Vaibhav's eighth T20 match for Bihar. At the same time, he was playing the 44th T20 match of his career. Out of these, he has played 23 matches for Rajasthan Royals in IPL. Last year also in November, Vaibhav surprised everyone with his batting. He scored 144 runs on just 42 balls for India A against UAE in the ACC Rising Stars Tournament. This was the joint third fastest century by an Indian batsman in T20 cricket.