14-year-old Suryavanshi in India U19 squad for England tour
May 22, 2025 09:33 pm
Fourteen-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been named in India’s Under-19s squad for this summer’s multi-format tour of England.
The teenager hit the headlines in April when he became the youngest player to score a century in a men’s T20, smashing 101 runs from 38 balls as Rajasthan Royals beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets.
His knock, which included seven fours and 11 sixes, was the second fastest hundred in the Indian Premier League - and fastest by an Indian player - coming from 35 balls.
In total, Suryavanshi has scored 252 runs at a strike rate of 206.55 in seven appearances for the Royals and previously hit a 58-ball hundred in a youth Test against Australia.
Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre, 17, who recently smashed a rapid IPL half-century of his own, will captain the side.
The series, which will begin in Hove on 27 June, includes five youth ODIs and two multi-day matches in Beckenham and Chelmsford, respectively.
India squad: Ayush Mhatre (capt), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu, Harvansh Pangalia, RS Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohamed Enaan, Aditya Rana, Anmoljeet Singh.
Source: BBC
--Agencies
