14 years old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. (Photo: MB Media/Getty Images)
A new star is emerging in Indian cricket, named Vaibhav Suryavanshi. At the age of just 14, this young batsman has surprised everyone with his explosive batting. In IPL 2025, Vaibhav played a historic innings, making his talent iron. He not only won the hearts of fans by playing a brilliant century innings of 101 runs in just 38 balls, but also made a record of scoring a century in IPL history. This innings was the second fastest century in the IPL. Recently, veteran player of Rajasthan Royals Nitish Rana has given a statement on Vaibhav Suryavanshi, which has been in the headlines.
What did Nitish Rana say on Vaibhav Suryavanshi?
Recently, West Delhi Lions won the Delhi Premier League 2025 title under the captaincy of Nitish Rana. After this memorable victory, he gave an interview in which anchor asked Rana that he should tell some things about his colleagues of Rajasthan Royals which people do not know. During this time, when the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi was taken in front of Nitish Rana, he said in a funny manner, “He is only 14 years old or not.” At the same time, he said about Sanju Samson where he is going to play next year. Apart from this, he told about Jofra Archer that he is a big fan of football.
Let me tell you, during the IPL 2025, many times questions were raised on the age of Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He was only 13 years old at the time of the auction, while this season he celebrated his 14th birthday with the team before playing a debut match in the IPL. Then his age was questioned. However, the BCCI has got his bone test done. Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s father Sanjeev Suryavanshi had told in an interview, ‘When he was 8 and a half years old, he first gave a BCCI bone test. We are not afraid of anyone. He can again undergo ‘Edge Test’.
Nitish Rana made the team champion
Nitish Rana has played 1 ODI and 2 T20 matches for Team India so far. This season of Delhi Premier League was quite memorable for him. Nitish Rana played the biggest role in making West Delhi Lions champion. He played 11 matches this season and scored 393 runs at an average of 65.50. Unitus scored these runs at a strike rate of 181.94. He also played a stormy innings of 79 not out in the final match.
