Sanju Samson On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi IPL Debut: Young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025, where he was bought for Rs 1.10 crore in the mega auction. At the age of just 14, he became the youngest player to play in IPL. He opened his account against the LSG team by hitting a six on the very first ball. His outspokenness and confidence made a lot of headlines in the cricket world. Later, he also played an important role in India’s victory in the Under-19 World Cup 2026. Recently he reached BCCI’s Naman Awards 2026, where Sanju Samson told an interesting anecdote related to him.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi did what he said
A funny moment was seen in New Delhi during Naman Awards 2026. Former Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson shared an interesting anecdote about young sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi, which made everyone laugh. Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Abhishek Sharma and Vaibhav were together on the stage of Naman Awards. During this, Sanju, imitating Vaibhav, told that before his debut in IPL 2025, Rahul Dravid had asked him about his game plan. Sanju recalled that Dravid sir said to Vaibhav, ‘Vaibhav, what is the plan?’ Vaibhav replied in a carefree manner, ‘Sir, nothing like that… just playing. If we get the first one, we will blow it up. That is, he had told even before his debut that he would hit a six on the very first ball.
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Sanju told this in Vaibhav’s voice and style, due to which Dravid and the people present laughed out loud. Sanju said that Vaibhav used to play on the field as if he was playing a video game, completely in his zone, without any fear. Let us tell you, in IPL 2025, Vaibhav had hit a six over the cover on the first ball of Shardul Thakur on his debut. Later, he played a brilliant inning of 101 runs in 38 balls against Gujarat Titans at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi told his dream
In the same event, when Vaibhav Suryavanshi was asked what is his target in IPL this time, he made it clear that this time his focus is only on winning the trophy for the team. Along with this, he said that he would like to break the record of the highest score in IPL. The record of the highest score in IPL is in the name of West Indies legend Chris Gayle. While playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2013, Gayle played an inning of 175 runs against Pune Warriors.