Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes Bihar captain at 15: new role in Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament

Fifteen-year-old young batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been appointed captain of the Bihar senior cricket team playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament; Suraj Kashyap will serve as vice-captain.

The 17-member squad begins its campaign on the 14th against Saurashtra in Indore.

He impressed by scoring 776 runs in the recent IPL season to finish as the top run-scorer, and by earning a place in the Indian T20 team.

Commenting, his coach Manish Ojha noted that while this is a very big responsibility for his age, the selectors would recall that he was already entrusted with the vice-captaincy during the Duleep Trophy.