The year 2025 has been great for Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He scored a historic century in the IPL, after which he is making waves at the Under-19 level. In the very first match of the Under-19 Asia Cup, he played a stormy innings of 171 runs. He is playing record breaking innings one after the other, yet he cannot play in the Indian national team. Know what is the ICC rule which has stopped Vaibhav.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century in 35 balls against Gujarat Titans in IPL, which is the fastest century by an Indian batsman in IPL history. After this, he scored a century in ODI and Test for India’s Under-19 team, then also scored a century in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Vaibhav’s explosive form was also seen in Under-19, but still BCCI cannot include him in the national team. Actually he cannot play due to ICC rules. Know what that rule is.
What is the rule of ICC?
The minimum age to play international cricket is 15 years, this is the ICC rule. This rule was made in 2020. Let us tell you that Vaibhav Suryavanshi is currently 14 years old, he will be 15 years old on March 27 next year. There are still about 100 days left in this. That means Vaibhav cannot be a part of the national team for at least 103 more days.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi Cricket Career
Rajasthan Royals had bought Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the last auction for Rs 1 crore 10 lakh. In his first edition, he scored 252 runs in 7 matches, his strike rate was above 200 (206.55). He hit a total of 24 sixes in the tournament.
Apart from IPL, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 207 runs in 8 first class matches, in which his strike rate was 90. Vaibhav’s highest innings in first class is 93 runs. In 6 List A matches, he has scored 132 runs at a strike rate of 110. Vaibhav has scored a total of 701 runs in 18 T20s, which includes 3 centuries.

