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"Vaibhav Made 101 With My Bat…" Samson Hails Royals Wonderkid’s IPL 2025 Heroics

Aakash Saini

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Sanju Samson [Source: @rajasthanroyals/x]Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Sanju Samson [Source: @rajasthanroyals/x]

Rajasthan Royals teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi shot himself up to unprecedented stardom after blasting 101 runs from just 38 balls against Gujarat Titans in the recently-concluded IPL 2025 season. Playing just the third match of his IPL career, the 14-year-old clattered seven fours and 11 huge sixes in his record knock as the Royals romped home to a comfortable eight-wicket win at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, who was injured at the time, expressed his admirations for the youngster in a recent video shared by the franchise on social media.

Sanju Samson Reveals Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s Unheard Hobby

In a short video shared by the Rajasthan Royals franchise on social media on Monday, June 16; captain Sanju Samson can be seen extending his admirations for rising star and team opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Samson also shed light on Suryavanshi’s obsession of collecting bats, claiming that the youngster even wanted a couple of bats from his bag.

The Rajasthan Royals skipper further stated that Suryavanshi scored his match-winning and career-defining ton against Gujarat Titans by using the bat he had gifted to the youngster earlier in the season. Sanju Samson said:

“He is known for collecting bats from the first day he came here, so I could feel that how he is wanting a bat. And he used to hang around my bat and my kit bag for a long time, and I could feel that he needs not one, maybe a couple of bats from my bag.”


So, I wanted to give him one and I gave him a really good bat at the start of the season, so that he could prepare and then get used to it. And then I think, year, very happy that he played with it and something great happened here.”

Vaibhav Suryavanshi finished his maiden IPL gig for the Rajasthan Royals with 252 runs from seven innings at an average of 36 and with a staggering strike rate of 206.55. Apart from mounting a record century against Gujarat Titans, the 14-year-old also drove his team to a comprehensive six-wicket win against CSK by cracking 57 from just 33 balls.