Vaibhav's entry into IPL is dramatic. His career took six points on the first ball he faced and scored a hundred in his third appearance.

Born in Samastipu, a neighborhood in Bihar, India, he quickly showed hope. Vaibhav's father, Sanjeev Suryavanshi, himself a club-level cricketer, saw sparks in his son. But there are no proper colleges around the area, so he started training at home since he was five.

Sanjeev, who once ran a small shop, began to realize that his son needed a proper coach. So when Vaibhav was eight years old, his father decided to take him to Patna City, a three-hour journey.

"A lot of people will tell him: 'What are you doing?' But he is the first person to believe in Vaibhav's ability," said Bihar coach Robin Singh.

"To make sure his son is well trained and has to use the best facilities, his father had to sell a piece of land. His mother also had to make a lot of sacrifices. She woke up at three in the morning to prepare breakfast for him and would even deliver food to the coach."

Vaibhav immediately impressed his new coach.

"When I started working with him, I found that he was completely different from other people. You would give him a demonstration of technique or shooting and he would pick it up soon," said Ojha.

"Most players are easy to adopt things in practice, but when it comes to games, they fail. However, the unique feature about Vaibhav is that he executes things perfectly even in high pressure games."

Vaibhav always leads his age group. From his stroke to his sense of play, he will stand out.

"Within 10 days of playing with kids of his age, we realized we were wasting his time. So we started practicing with senior players."

Vaibhav practices from 7.30 am to 4 pm every day, facing 450 balls a day. By the time he was 12 years old, his coach was confident that he would pursue cricket professionally.

He played for Bihar’s Under-19 teams and accumulated a consistent run, prompting the selector to name him in under-19 teams. He was only 13 years old and smashed a 58 goal in the youth test against Australia.

Soon he was selected as Bihar's Ranji Trophy (Primary Indian Prime Minister's Championship) before becoming the youngest player to be signed by Rajasthan for £103,789 (Rs 1.1 crore) on 12 December 2024.

Ojha added: “Vaibhav’s role model is Brian Lara, so his game is aggressive and he plays without fear in function.”

“We hope he gets an IPL contract and the moment when Rajasthan Royals caught him, our joy made him (Indian legend) Rahul Dravid grab his coaching staff.”

Singh added: "When he became the youngest person in a first-class cricket game, I told him: 'Anyone can be the smallest person. I'll be happy when you become the youngest centurion." So yesterday he called me after he got the century and said, "Sir, the youngest centurion." And I can't be proud of it. ”