The mega auction for the 18th season of IPL ended on November 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In this auction that lasted for two days, many players created history, while many big players were disappointed.

On the other hand, on the second day of the mega auction, Rajasthan Royals made headlines by buying 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Let us tell you that now he has become the youngest player to be sold in IPL. Now Rajasthan Royals head coach Rahul Dravid has told the big reason behind buying Suryavanshi.

Rahul Dravid gave a big statement

Let us tell you that regarding the purchase of 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Rahul Dravid said through a video uploaded by IPL T20 – I think he (Vaibhav Suryavanshi) has good talent and we felt that we can provide a good environment for his development. Are. He came for our trial and we were very happy to see him.

Watch this video of Rahul Dravid

On the other hand, Vaibhav’s base price in the IPL 2025 mega auction was Rs 30 lakh. But a bidding war was also seen between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals to buy the young player. But in the end Rajasthan included the player in the team by paying Rs 1.10 crore.

Also, let us tell you that Vaibhav Suryavanshi had recently scored a century in Test cricket for India Under 19 team against Australia Under 19 team in Chennai. He also became the youngest Indian player to do so. Vaibhav had scored 104 runs in 62 balls in that match. Apart from this, he has also made his debut for Bihar against Rajasthan in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday. In this match he scored 13 runs in 6 balls.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Squad for IPL 2025

Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Karthikeya, Nitish Rana, Yudhveer Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Quena Mafaka, Kunal Rathore. , Ashok Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Shubham Dubey.