Sooryavanshi sets youngest T20 captain record with Bihar

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in top-level men's Twenty20 cricket on Saturday when he led Bihar at 15 years and 232 days old, BBC Sport reported. He surpassed Croatia's Zach Vukusic, who had held the record after captaining his side at 17 years and 311 days.

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The milestone came in a defeat, with Saurashtra beating Bihar by five wickets in their opening Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match. Sooryavanshi scored 18 from 12 balls in the competition, which brings together India's state teams rather than IPL franchises.

His captaincy follows an international breakthrough in July, when he became India's youngest men's international on his T20 debut against England. BBC Sport also reported that he finished this year's IPL as its leading run-scorer.

The teenager had already made a mark for Rajasthan Royals in 2025. The ICC's account of his century against Gujarat Titans records an innings of 101 from 38 deliveries in an eight-wicket victory. He reached three figures after facing 35 balls, placing the hundred second on the IPL's all-time speed list at that point, behind Chris Gayle's 30-ball century. Seven fours and 11 sixes accounted for most of his runs. It was also the fastest IPL hundred by an Indian at the time.

That performance came in only his third IPL innings. In its April 2025 report, the ICC identified him as the youngest player to make a T20 century, replacing Vijay Zol, whose hundred had come at 18 years and 118 days. Sooryavanshi had also begun his IPL batting career by hitting his first delivery for six against Lucknow Super Giants, in an innings of 34. The century against Gujarat therefore followed an immediate display of attacking intent on his first appearance at that level.

More recently, Sooryavanshi appeared in two of India's five T20 internationals in New Zealand earlier this month, according to BBC Sport. His highest score in those appearances was 45, made in the third match of the series in Wellington.