IPL 2026: Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in the last season of IPL. When he was just 15 years old. As soon as he entered the IPL, he hit his first six on the very first ball and became the topic of discussion in the entire country. Ever since he made his debut, he has hit the first six on the first ball. Since then, a similar start is expected from every new player. LSG’s new player Akshat Raghuvanshi has also made a similar debut. He has also hit his first six on the very first ball in IPL.

Ever since Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his debut in IPL, he has been in the news everywhere. He has won everyone’s hearts with his brilliant batting and is garnering a lot of praise. Vaibhav started this sequence by hitting his first six on his first ball as soon as he entered the IPL season. In this season, everyone’s eyes are focused only on the young players because in this season one of the brilliant young players has mesmerized everyone with their batting.

22 year old Akshat Raghuvanshi also showed the same enthusiasm as Vaibhav. The 22-year-old batsman, playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026, hit a six on the first ball of his career while playing against Mumbai.

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There was a match between Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Kings on May 4 at Wankhede Stadium. Akshat made his debut in this. Understanding the importance of this wonderful occasion, he started his innings in a very exciting manner. Akshat was bought by Lucknow in the auction this year but he did not get even a single chance in the last 8 matches. Seeing the team’s continuous defeats, captain Rishabh Pant and coach Justin Langer gave Akshat a chance to debut. Akshat batted and also showed a slight glimpse of his ability.

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Who is Akshat Raghuvanshi?

Akshat Raghuvanshi is a resident of Madhya Pradesh. He was a part of the MP team that won the Ranji Trophy. Later his form dropped, but he scored 239 runs in the MP Premier League. The strike rate was 177 and he played a big inning of 115 runs. Only after this, LSG bought him in the auction for Rs 2.2 crores.

Akshat Raghuvanshi, who will be remembered for years for the first ball of his IPL career. He made his IPL debut for Lucknow Super Giants, where he hit a six on the very first ball in the match against Mumbai Indians. He sent the ball of Will Jacques across the boundary. Akshat is not the first batsman who started his IPL career with ‘six’.

Who is Akshat Raghuvanshi?

Lucknow Super Giants had bought Akshat Raghuvanshi in the mini auction of IPL 2026 by bidding Rs 2.2 crore. 22-year-old Akshat bats in the middle order and can also bowl right-arm off-spin when needed. He made his mark in T20 cricket through Madhya Pradesh T20 League. In the 2025 season, he scored 239 runs in 4 matches at an excellent average of 59.75. He also scored a century and a fifty in the Madhya Pradesh T20 League 2025 season. He has captained Madhya Pradesh Under-19 team in Vinoo Mankad Trophy.

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Some time ago, in a media interview, he had told that earlier he was a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar, but later he started liking Rohit Sharma’s game more. Like Rohit Sharma, his jersey number is also 45. He had expressed his desire to play for Mumbai Indians, but last year in the auction he was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2.2 crore.

Talking about his career, till now he has experience of only 7 T20 matches, in which he has scored 63 runs. In his List-A career of 17 matches, he has 361 runs including three half-centuries. He made his first-class debut only in 2022. So far, he has 481 runs in 17 matches in red ball cricket. While playing for Madhya Pradesh, he has also scored one century and 4 fifties.

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