Cricket-India's Sooryavanshi becomes youngest captain in men's T20 history


FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Fourth T20 International - England v India - Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol, Britain - July 9, 2026 India's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in action Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers/File Photo

Nov 14 (Reuters) - India ⁠batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain ⁠in men's Twenty20 history at 15 ‌years and 232 days after leading Bihar in India's domestic T20 competition, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, on Saturday.

• ​The teenager surpassed Croatia's Zach ⁠Vukusic, who previously ⁠held the record after captaining his national side at ⁠17 ‌years and 311 days.

• Sooryavanshi became India's youngest men's international in July ⁠when he made his T20 debut ​against England ‌in Manchester, eclipsing Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing mark.

• He ⁠became ​India's 122nd men's T20 international at the age of 15 years and 99 days.

• The left-hander ⁠has played 10 T20Is, scoring ​295 runs, including two half-centuries.

• Widely regarded as one of India's brightest prospects, Sooryavanshi earned his ⁠first senior call-up after a meteoric rise that began with a blistering 35-ball century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year.

• He further ​underlined his credentials in this ⁠year's IPL, finishing as the tournament's leading run-scorer, ​striking at more than ‌237 and setting a competition ​record with 72 sixes.

(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru; Editing by Stephen Coates)

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