Vaibhav Suryavanshi announced himself to the world in brazen fashion smacking India allrounder Shardul Thakur for a gigantic six off what was the very first ball of his IPL career during Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday. The 14-year-old showed no stage fright and offered no respect to Thakur as he unleashed a fierce, airy drive to launch the ball over covers for a stunning six that to whip the Jaipur crowd into a frenzy. And then against Avesh Khan, Vaibhav greeted the India fast bowler with a first-ball six as well – launched over the bowler’s head. He thus joined a select list of players to have started their IPL careers with a six becoming the 10th to do so. Users on social media went berserk having witnessed a kid thwacking international bowlers around the park for fun. What were you doing at the age of 14 ? Vaibhav suryavanshi non chalantly hits a six in his very first ball in the IPL . This is the beauty of IPL ! #RRVSLSG #vaibhavsuryavanshi — Shreevats goswami (@shreevats1) April 19, 2025 14 yo Vaibhav Suryavanshi starting his IPL career pic.twitter.com/catmB6ybFS — Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 19, 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi ❤️ — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 19, 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi starting his career with first ball six pic.twitter.com/ZVZuXyhGjT — Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 19, 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s entry in RR dugout.#RRvsLSGpic.twitter.com/lyOkDvgwE2 — Chai_Sutta (@Chai_SuttaGuy) April 19, 2025 Wow Vaibhav 🤩 Kheloge koodoge toh banoge Suryavanshi ? — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 19, 2025 Vaibhav Suryavanshi : A Star Is Born #RRvsLSG pic.twitter.com/gyiDOgyCej — Ministry Of Sarcasm (@M_OfSarcasm) April 19, 2025 Vaibhav came in as Impact Sub for RR and thus became the youngest ever IPL player aged 14 years and 23 days. Last year, he became the youngest ever cricketer to land an IPL contract when he was signed by RR at Rs 1.1 crore. He represents Bihar in domestic cricket and has so far played in five first-class matches. six List A games besides a T20.