Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Debut Record: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has made a world record by entering the club of Messi-Maradona. Know how he broke the record of ‘Cricket God’.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Messi Maradona Club: There are some names in the world of sports, who write history at a very young age. Messi and Maradona in football, Mohammed Ali in boxing, Hingis and Baker in tennis, all of them did what big players could not do in their teenage years. Now a new name has been added to this list, 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi from India. Vaibhav played his first international match for India against England on Saturday, 4 July 2026. By achieving this feat at the age of just 15, he became the youngest player to play international cricket for India. His age is so young that he is being kept in the list of those selected players of the world, who have done wonders on the big stage at a very young age.
Players who created history with lowest height in the world
Lionel Messi
Football legend Lionel Messi made his La Liga debut for Barcelona at the age of just 17. The very next year, at the age of 18, he also won the title of scoring the most goals in the 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Cup by scoring 6 goals.
Muhammad Ali
Mohammad Ali, a big name in boxing, did wonders at an even younger age. In 1960, at the age of just 18, he won the gold medal in the light heavyweight category at the Olympics. His amateur career record was also excellent. He had 100 wins and only 5 losses.
Martina Hingis
The record of tennis player Martina Hingis is even more surprising. At the age of just 15, she won the Wimbledon doubles and became the youngest Grand Slam champion in history. The very next year, at the age of 16, she also won the Australian Open singles and became the youngest number-1 tennis player in the world.
Boris Becker
Another tennis player Boris Becker won the Wimbledon Men’s Singles title in 1985 at the age of 17 years and 227 days. The special thing is that he became the youngest player in the history of this tournament to win this title without seeding.
Diego Maradona
Football legend Maradona is also not behind in this list. At the age of just 16, he became the youngest player to play for Argentina and in 1979, at the age of 18, he also won the Under-20 World Cup.
Why did Vaibhav Suryavanshi become a part of this list?
All these giants have one thing in common. Everyone has achieved in their respective fields at a very young age, what usually takes years of hard work and experience. The story of Vaibhav Suryavanshi is also similar. Reaching international cricket at the age of just 15 years and 99 days, that too for a team like India where the competition is considered very tough, is a big thing in itself. Just as Messi and Maradona played way ahead of their age in football, Hingis and Baker in tennis and Mohammed Ali in boxing, similarly Vaibhav is also playing way ahead of his age in the world of cricket.
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Years old record of Sachin Tendulkar and Shefali Verma destroyed
In India, the record of playing for the country at the youngest age was till now in the name of ‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar and women’s team’s formidable opener Shefali Verma. But Vaibhav has left both these great players far behind. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has created a new record by playing in 15 years and 99 days. Shefali Verma made her debut at the age of 15 years 239 days. At the same time, when Sachin Tendulkar came to play international cricket for the first time, his age was 16 years and 205 days. Vaibhav not only became the youngest player to play for India, but when he was selected about a month ago, he was only 15 years and 71 days old. Even at that time, he had broken Sachin’s record of being selected in Team India at the youngest age.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit a six off Joffra Archer in his debut match.
When he came out to bat in his first match against England, England’s most dangerous fast bowler Joffra Archer was standing in front of him. But Vaibhav played without fear. He scored 14 runs in his short inning of 10 balls, which included 2 skyscraper sixes. He hit one six off Joffra Archer and the other off Josh Tong. Although, he was stumped out by Will Jacques, he won everyone’s heart with his fearless batting.