Vaibhav Suryavanshi received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

Key facts

• Vaibhav Suryavanshi was honored with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the award, which is India’s highest civilian honor for children between the ages of 5 and 18.
• He is the 14-year-old vice-captain of the Bihar team and became the youngest player to score a century in men’s List A cricket at the age of 14 years and 272 days.
• During a Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) match against Arunachal Pradesh, he scored a century in 36 balls and the fastest 150 in men’s List A cricket in 59 deliveries.
• He became the youngest player to score a century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and recorded the second-fastest century in the league's history while playing for the Rajasthan Royals (RR).
• He will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 VHT to attend a conditioning camp in Bengaluru before joining the India Under-19 (U-19) squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Zimbabwe.