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India's Sooryavanshi becomes youngest captain in men's T20 history

Global Published 14 November 2026, 18:09 · archived 14 Nov 2026

NEW DELHI: Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in men’s Twenty20 history on Saturday when he led out his side in India’s domestic state competition, media reports said. At 15 years and 232 days, Sooryavanshi broke the record held by Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who skippered his national side aged 17 years and 311 days, the Times of India and others reported. Sooryanvanshi struck 18 off 12 balls before his team, Bihar, lost their opening match in the domestic Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy competition to Saurashtra in Indore. “We were hopeful that he (Sooryavanshi) w...

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