Ranji Trophy: Vaibhav Suryavanshi named Bihar vice-captain

Bihar have appointed 14-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi as their vice-captain for the primary two matches of the upcoming Ranji Trophy season beginning on Wednesday (October 15, 2025), with Sakibul Gani being the captain.

Bihar will tackle Arunachal Pradesh of their Plate League season-opener on the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna from October 15. The announcement of the squad was made by the Bihar Cricket Association late on Sunday.

Bihar had been relegated to the plate league after failing to log a single win within the earlier Ranji season.

Suryavanshi made his Ranji Trophy debut on the age of 12 within the 2023-24 season.

He later turned the youngest (13) to bag an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract and has additionally been part of India Under-19 excursions of England and Australia.

Suryavanshi had develop into the youngest participant within the IPL on the age of 13 when he was picked by Rajasthan Royals forward of this 12 months’s season.

With a 35-ball century for RR in opposition to Gujarat Titans, the left-handed batter created the world file for being the youngest in males’s cricket (14) to have scored a century in T20s.

It was additionally the second quickest century within the IPL.

Suryavanshi is unlikely to play the total season for Bihar as he might be in rivalry to be part of India’s squad for the Under-19 World Cup to be held in Zimbabwe and Namibia early subsequent 12 months.

Bihar Squad:

Piyush Kumar Singh, Bhashkar Dubey, Sakibul Gani (c), Vaibhav Suryavanshi (vc), Arnav Kishor, Ayush Loharuka, Bipin Saurabh, Amod Yadav, Nawaz Khan, Sakib Hussain, Raghvendra Pratap Singh, Sachin Kumar Singh, Himanshu Singh, Khalid Alam, Sachin Kumar.