Rajasthan Royals starVaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed yet another record by becoming the youngest captain ever in men’s T20 cricket when he led Bihar out for their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026 opener against Saurashtra in Indore on Saturday.
Aged 15 years and 232 days, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi comfortably surpassed the previous record set by Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who had captained his national side at 17 years and 311 days.
The previous youngest Indian to have ever captained in an official T20 match was Mahipal Lomror, who was 18 years and 67 days old when he led Rajasthan against Jharkhand in an SMAT Super League match in Kolkata back in 2018.
Vaibhav had a brief taste of captaincy prior to this during the Duleep Trophy semi-finals earlier this year, when he took over the reins after East Zone skipper Ishan Kishan temporarily left the field.
The milestone is the latest addition to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s list of T20 records. He already holds the record for being the youngest to play a match and score a century in the shortest format of the game.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has also started making his mark on the international arena recently.
He recently became India’s youngest debutant in any form of international cricket after making his T20I debut against England at the age of 15 years and 99 days. The youngster also broke the record for the youngest player to score a T20I fifty a few days later.
Vaibhav called tails to win his first-ever toss in T20 cricket and elected to bat. He also opened the batting for his team and scored 18 off 12 balls before being caught and bowled by Chetan Sakariya. Bihar went on to post 137/9.
Hello from the youngest-ever captain in T20 cricket 🫡🔥 https://t.co/of723JQeOt
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 14, 2026
Saturday’s match was Sooryavanshi’s eighth T20 for Bihar and his 44th overall, 23 of which have come for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.
Vaibhav is also slated to captain Bihar in their second Elite Group B match in SMAT 2026 against Railways on Monday before linking up with the India A squad for the ACC Men's Asia Cup Rising Stars 2026 tournament, which starts in Doha on November 19.
