The Indian Premier League has given a new identity to T20 cricket across the world. This is the same league where Chris Gayle had scored a century in just 30 balls, in the same league Virat Kohli had scored 973 runs in one season, in the same league 14 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi had set a historical record by scoring a century in 35 balls. Countless such records have been made and broken in IPL.
Talking about IPL 2026, this season has been in the name of youth. Young stars like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Prince Yadav and Anshul Kamboj have shown strong performances this time. But have you ever wondered who is the youngest player to debut in IPL? Is this record in the name of Vaibhav Suryavanshi only?
Youngest cricketer to make IPL debut
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest player to debut in the Indian Premier League. He played his first match for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025 at the age of 14 years and 23 days. In his first match, he scored 34 runs in 20 balls against Lucknow Super Giants. Second in this list is Prayas Rai Burman, who played his first match for RCB in the year 2019. At that time his age was 16 years and 157 days.
Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Ur Rahman made his IPL debut at the age of 17 years and 11 days. The current captain of Rajasthan Royals, Ryan Parag, is also in this list, who played his first match against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2019. His age was only 17 years and 152 days. Sarfaraz Khan’s name comes at number-5 in this list.
- 14 years 23 days – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
- 16 years 157 days – Prayas Rai Burman
- 17 years 11 days – Mujeeb Ur Rehman
- 17 years 152 days – Riyan Parag
- 17 years 177 days – Sarfaraz Khan
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