Vaibhav Suryavanshi: At 15, Bihar Boy Breaks Sachin Tendulkar's 36-Year-Old Record to Earn India Call-Up

India has announced their T20I squads for the upcoming series against Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games 2026. Shreyas Iyer will lead as India's new T20I captain for the upcoming matches. But in upcoming matches, there have been major highlights in the squad, including the 15-year-old batting sensation, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who has received his maiden call-up to the India squad.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is a left-handed batter from Bihar, will create history in a cricket tournament as the youngest player to play international cricket and break the record of the Master Blaster, “Sachin Tendulkar”.

Who Is The Youngest Player To Break Sachin Tendulkar's 36-Year-Old Record To Earn India Call-Up? 

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest player to be picked for India in men's cricket as they name squads for their upcoming T20I assignments 👏

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Sachin Tendulkar made his India debut against Pakistan in 1989 at the age of 16, setting a record that stood for nearly four decades. This record has now been broken by one of the young talents from Bihar.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest Indian player to break Sachin Tendulkar's 36-year-old record to Earn India Call-Up after getting selected in the Indian squad for the upcoming tours of Ireland and England, as well as the Asian Games. 

He officially became the youngest cricket player in history to receive a maiden call-up to the Indian senior team and will break this record when he debuts in his first international match.

Source: Rajasthan Royals

IPL 2025: Debut of Vaibhav Suryavanshi in IPL

Vaibhav Suryavanshi was the youngest debutant (14 years, 23 days) from the Rajasthan Royals team and the youngest centurion (14 years, 32 days) in the history of the IPL, with a sensational 101 off 38 balls against the Gujarat Titans. 

The 35-ball century was the second fastest hundred in IPL history, and from India, he was the first player to hit 100 runs in 35 balls.

He scored 252 runs off 7 deliveries at an unparalleled strike rate of 206.56 in the IPL 2025 season.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi IPL 2026 Stats

Source: IPL/X-Post

In his second IPL season, Suryavanshi has set various records in the IPL 2026 season. He was the top run scorer of the tournament with 776 runs from a strike rate of 237.30 and also broke the unbeaten record of Chris Gayle's 59 sixes and surpassed it by creating the historic single-season record of 72 sixes. 

He was also the fastest player to reach the 1,000+ IPL runs milestone with a total of 440 balls, which broke Andre Russell's 21-year-old record. He won five major awards at the postseason awards ceremony: the Orange Cap, Most Valuable Player and Super Striker.

IPL Career Stats at a Glance

Under-19 Cricket: A Trail of Records

Vaibhav Suryavanshi had already made a name for himself in the world of youth cricket before his debut in the 2025 IPL season. 

He led India Under-19 to World Cup victory in early 2026, capping it off with a masterstroke of 175 runs in 80 balls in the final against England Under-19, where he was named Player of the Tournament.

He had earlier, during the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the age of 14 years and 272 days, become the youngest men's List A cricketer to score a century. 

That hundred was scored from just 36 balls, which was the fourth quickest List A century by an Indian. 

He also set a new record for the fastest 150 in men's List A cricket, bettering the mark set by AB de Villiers (64) with 59 balls. He bowled for the rest of the innings, finishing with 190 for 84 (226.19) with 16 fours and 15 sixes.

He had also previously knocked off a 58-ball century in the youth Tests against Australia, which remained the fastest Indian century in the format.

Under-19 and Domestic Milestones

So, finally, India is on the stage to have a good combination of batting, bowling, and all-rounders. After the selection of the 15-year-old, talented Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Team India will be more powerful and stronger in batting. When he debuts in his first match as an International, he will become the youngest player from India to break Sachin Tendulkar's 36-year-old record