Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes youngest Indian cricketer to make international debut

• Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to represent India after receiving his maiden international cap in Twenty20 International against England in Manchester on July 4.

• The left-hander was presented his cap by teammate Tilak Varma before the start of the match, becoming India’s 122nd men’s T20 international and its youngest international cricketer at 15 years and 99 days, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s long-standing record.

• Tendulkar was 16 when he made his international debut in a test match against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989.

• Sooryavanshi, who hails from Bihar’s Samastipur district, earned his first senior call-up after a meteoric rise that began with a blistering 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2025.

• He further enhanced his reputation in this year’s IPL, finishing as the tournament's leading run-scorer with a strike rate of more than 237 and setting a competition record by hitting 72 sixes.

• Sooryavanshi made 14 off 10 balls including two sixes in his maiden game.