14-Year-Old Cricketing Sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi Honoured With Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar At Rashtrapati Bhavan

14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been honoured with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on December 26, Friday. The Rajasthan Royals sensation received the award from the President of India, Droupadi Murmu.

Vaibhav has been the talk of the town and has also broken many records since he burst onto the stage in IPL 2025 with the Royals. He became the youngest player to earn a contract when he was picked by RR for a whopping 1 crore at the IPL auction.

Before his maiden IPL appearance, he had cracked a 58-ball century for India in a four-day game against Australia U19 and had featured in the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup in 2024, scoring 176 runs at an average of 44, with two fifties

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Lit Up IPL 2025 With His Explosive Batting

Suryavanshi made his IPL debut against Lucknow Super Giants in the absence of an injured skipper, Sanju Samson, smashing his first ball, bowled by Indian all-rounder Shardul Thakur, for a huge six and scoring 34 in 20 balls. In just seven innings in his debut IPL, the 14-year-old got 252 runs at an average of 36.00 and a strike rate of above 206, with a century and a fifty to his name. His century against the Gujarat Titans made him the youngest centurion in all of T20 cricket, and he also outclassed former Indian hitter's record for the fastest IPL century by an Indian, reaching the milestone in just 35 balls, smashing seven fours and 11 sixes in his knock.

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Vaibhav is also expected to miss the remainder of the Vijay Hazare Trophy as he will link up with the Indian U19 squad and will fly to Zimbabwe ahead of the U-19 World Cup.

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(With ANI Inputs)