NEW DELHI : India batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in men’s Twenty20 cricket history at 15 years and 232 days after leading Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, India’s domestic T20 competition, on Saturday.
The teenager surpassed Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who previously held the record after captaining his national side at the age of 17 years and 311 days.
Sooryavanshi made history in July when he became India’s youngest men’s international, making his T20 debut against England in Manchester at 15 years and 99 days to surpass the previous record held by Sachin Tendulkar.
He became India’s 122nd men’s T20 international and has since played 10 matches, scoring 295 runs, including two half-centuries.
Widely regarded as one of India’s brightest young prospects, the left-hander earned his maiden senior call-up following a remarkable rise that began with a 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year.
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 with 72 sixes.
Sooryavanshi’s latest achievement adds another milestone to a rapid rise in Indian cricket.
