{"id":22215,"date":"2025-04-19T19:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=589418"},"modified":"2025-04-19T19:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T13:45:52","slug":"ipl-2025-14-year-old-vaibhav-suryavanshi-becomes-youngest-ever-player-to-debut-in-ipl-replaces-injured-sanju-samson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-14-year-old-vaibhav-suryavanshi-becomes-youngest-ever-player-to-debut-in-ipl-replaces-injured-sanju-samson\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025: 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes youngest ever player to debut in IPL, replaces injured Sanju Samson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"181\" data-end=\"470\">History was made in Jaipur on Saturday as Rajasthan Royals\u2019 Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to debut in the Indian Premier League. At just 14 years and 23 days old, Suryavanshi stepped onto the big stage during the clash against Lucknow Super Giants in Match 36 of IPL 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"763\">The teenage sensation was drafted into the squad after regular captain Sanju Samson was ruled out due to an abdominal injury. With Rajasthan Royals opting to field first after losing the toss, Suryavanshi was named in the impact substitutes list, expected to join during the batting innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"1043\">The Royals are currently struggling to find balance in their playing XI and Suryavanshi\u2019s inclusion adds a bold twist to their campaign. His selection also marks a historic moment in IPL\u2019s journey, breaking previous records for the youngest debutant in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1275\">At the toss, Riyan Parag confirmed the change, taking over as captain in Samson\u2019s absence. Speaking ahead of the match, Parag expressed hope that their home advantage and honest team discussions would lead to a turnaround in form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1385\">All eyes will now be on the young prodigy as fans await his performance on cricket\u2019s biggest domestic stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History was made in Jaipur on Saturday as Rajasthan Royals\u2019 Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to debut in the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3984],"class_list":["post-22215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-vaibhav-suryavanshi"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}