
14-year-old Indian sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi broke an Indian record with his maiden Youth Test wicket on Sunday (July 13).
On day two of the first Youth Test between England and India U19 at Beckenham, the visitors began their innings after big knocks from Ayush Mhatre (102), Abhigyan Kundu (90) and Rahul Kumar (85) helped India post 540 batting first.
Henil Patel dismissed opener Archie Vaughan in the first over, before also getting rid of Jaydn Denly in the 11th. Rocky Flintoff and skipper Hamza Shaikha then put on 154 runs, before a breakthrough came from an unexpected source.
Opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, well-known by now for his batting exploits, was in operation with his left-arm orthodox. Off the final ball of the 45th over, he sent down a low full toss. Shaikh drove it in the air, only to pick out Henil Patel at long-off, giving Suryavanshi his maiden wicket in Youth Test cricket.
At 14 years and 107 days, Suryavanshi is the youngest Indian to take a wicket in a Youth Test match (where records are available). This record was previously held by Manishi, who took 5-58 & 2-30 against South Africa in Thiruvananthapuram in 2019, counting a certain Marco Jansen among his victims.
The overall record remains with Pakistan's Mahmood Malik, aged 13 years and 241 days when he took 1-89 against New Zealand in 1994.
Youngest to take maiden Youth Test wicket:
(Where records are available)
Name | Team | Age | Opponent | Venue | Year |
Mahmood Malik | Pakistan | 13y 241d | New Zealand | Faisalabad | 1994 |
Hidayatullah Khan | Pakistan | 13y 251d | Sri Lanka | Colombo (NCC) | 2003 |
Vaibhav Suryavanshi | India | 14y 107d | England | Beckenham | 2025 |
Nihaduzzaman | Bangladesh | 14y 139d | Sri Lanka | Sylhet | 2013 |
Ariful Haque | Bangladesh | 14y 231d | Sri Lanka | Colombo (Colts) | 2007 |
Hasan Raza | Pakistan | 14y 283d | England | Sheikhupura | 1996 |
Hasan Raza | Pakistan | 14y 283d | England | Sheikhupura | 1996 |
Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 14y 294d | India | Peshawar | 2006 |
Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 14y 311d | England | Faisalabad | 1996 |
Hayatullah | Pakistan | 15y 74d | Sri Lanka | Hambantota | 2015 |
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