Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, Set To Make IPL 2025 Debut; Named Among Impact Players By RR vs LSG

aibhav Suryavanshi, at 14 years and 23 days, has become the youngest player to make his IPL debut, for Rajasthan Royals (RR), as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won the toss and elected to bat first in Match 36 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Saturday.

Rajasthan Royals will be led by Riyan Parag, who captained them in the first three games of IPL 2025 when regular skipper Sanju Samson was recovering from a finger injury, as the latter is out due to an abdominal strain sustained during the game against Delhi Capitals earlier this week and retired hurt on 31 off 19 balls, as the side eventually lost the game in a Super Over.

In the IPL 2025 mega auction held last year, Suryavanshi became the youngest to earn an IPL deal when RR signed him for INR 1.1 crore. Apart from being the youngest player to feature in the Ranji Trophy, Suryavanshi has a 58-ball century against his name, coming in a four-day game for India Under-19 against Australia Under-19 in Chennai.

He also amassed 176 runs at an average of 44 when India reached the final of the 2024 Under-19 Asia Cup. Though Suryavanshi is on the RR' Impact Substitutes' list, he is expected to come in when their batting innings commences, as Parag mentioned the change in playing eleven during the toss.

“We were looking to bowl, it is a little bit warm under lights, should be better than the last time. It's been kinda tricky, we've been doing small bits right, but we haven't been able to put a collective performance together, we've been having honest chats as a team. We love playing here, we know the conditions well, hope we can put that to good use,” said Parag.

LSG skipper Rishabh Pant said pacer Prince Yadav comes in for fellow fast-bowler