If Vaibhav Suryavanshi gets a couple of first-class hundreds, he will be fast-tracked to the Indian team in two years: Ravi Shastri

Young U19 opening batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who created headlines with his exceptional batting display for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2025 season, continued his heroics for the Indian U19 team against England U19 in the ongoing five-match Youth ODI series.

While he scored a 31-ball 86-run knock in the third Youth ODI of the series, he bettered it with the fastest Youth ODI century in only 52 balls, breaking the previous world record held by Kamran Ghulam of Pakistan, who scored in 53 balls in 2019.

After following his batting display, the former Indian head coach and commentator Ravi Shastri said that Suryavanshi would be fast-tracked to the Indian national team in a couple of seasons if he goes on to play first-class cricket and scores a couple of centuries.

“He will play First-Class cricket, but that’s what the IPL does. It gives you that platform. The whole country sees you. And you catch the imagination of everyone. It will fast-track him if he goes and plays First-Class cricket, goes and gets a couple of hundreds in his first couple of seasons,” Ravi Shastri said on Sky Sports.

“He has already caught the eyes; already made it to the Under-19 team at the age of 14. Smacking it everywhere. And it’s tours like this to England, with this exposure. He can only improve,” Shastri added.

Moving into the details of his latest heroics, the 14-year-old top-order batter smacked as many as 10 maximums and 13 fours as he scored 143 runs in only 78 balls in the fourth Youth ODI against England U19 bowlers. 

Speaking about his first-class numbers, he scored 100 runs in 10 innings at an average of 10 with the highest score being 41.

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