Jeddah. Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid believes that his team can provide a good environment for 13-year-old Vaibhav Raghuvanshi to flourish in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. Suryavanshi, an eighth grade student from Samastipur district of Bihar, was bought by the Royals for Rs 1 crore 10 lakh and became the youngest player to get an IPL contract. “I think he has good skills and we felt we could provide a good environment for his development,” Dravid said in a video released by the IPL. He came for our trial and we were very happy to see him.
The base price of Suryavanshi in the auction was Rs 30 lakh and Delhi Capitals made the first bid. Rajasthan bought this player by defeating Delhi. Suryavanshi had recently scored a century in the Youth Test for India Under 19 team against Australia Under 19 team in Chennai and he also became the youngest player to achieve this credit. Suryavanshi had scored 104 runs in 62 balls in that match. .
He made his T20 debut for Bihar on Saturday in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Rajasthan and scored 13 runs in six balls. Suryavanshi, who was in the news on the junior circuit, has not played any major innings in first-class cricket. He has scored runs at an average of 10 in five matches. Suryavanshi, resident of Samastipur, Bihar, against Mumbai in 2023. Made his debut in the 24 Ranji Trophy season when he was 12 years 284 days old as per official records, making him the youngest player in the history of the tournament.
At the age of 12, he played Vinoo Mankad Trophy for Bihar and scored close to 400 runs in five matches. Dravid said that his target in the auction was bowlers. Royals bought fast bowlers Akash Madhwal, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Ashok Sharma and Kwena Mafaka. Among spinners, they bought Mahish Tikshana and Karthikeya Singh. Dravid said, “We had retained many of our key batsmen. This time in the auction our focus was on bowlers which we acquired.
