Vaibhav Suryavanshi, the 14-year-old left-handed batting prodigy, has been appointed vice-captain of Bihar for the opening rounds of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy, with Sakibul Gani leading the squad. The tournament is set to begin on Wednesday, October 15.
The announcement from the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) came just two days before the season’s start, following the last-minute inclusion of a selector to form a two-member panel, in line with BCCI directives. The BCA has been asked to finalize a five-member selection panel soon.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒗 𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆-𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑼19 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒚,” 𝒂 𝑩𝑪𝑨 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
Suryavanshi’s Form and Future Prospects
Suryavanshi has been in red-hot form for India U19, scoring 133 runs in three innings against Australia U19 in the recent multi-day series. Earlier, he amassed 355 runs in five matches against England U19 at a staggering strike rate of 174.01.
Reports had suggested the youngster might move out of Bihar due to interest from other state associations. However, the BCA is keen to retain him, especially as they aim for a return to the Elite division.
“𝑽𝒂𝒊𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒗 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑼19 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒑 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒉𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.
Bihar’s squad for the 2025-26 season includes: 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, and Sachin Kumar.
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