Indore, November 14. Vaibhav Suryavanshi achieved a significant milestone in his short cricket career on Saturday.
He became the youngest captain in men’s T20 history.
He achieved this feat while captaining Bihar against Saurashtra in the 2026-27 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match at Holkar Stadium. At the age of 15 years and 232 days, Vaibhav broke the record of Croatia’s Jak Vukusic, who was 17 years and 311 days old when he captained his national team.
Suryavanshi is now the youngest player to captain in the shortest format. However, for Vaibhav, who was playing his first match as captain, it was not a memorable outing as a batsman, scoring 18 runs off 12 balls before being dismissed by Chetan Sakariya. Recently making his international T20 debut, Suryavanshi has been appointed as the captain of Bihar for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at a crucial time in his career.
Having proven his batting capabilities, Suryavanshi now has the opportunity to showcase his leadership skills in the most prestigious T20 trophy in domestic cricket. He played a key role in helping India win the Under-19 World Cup in 2026 and made his T20 debut against England earlier this year.
He has scored 295 runs in 10 T20 matches, including two half-centuries, and was named Player of the Series in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. Vaibhav will play another match after Saurashtra in this tournament, after which he will join India A for the ACC Rising Stars Emerging Tournament in Doha, which starts on November 19 and will be played in a 50-over format.
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