Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 10-year-old brother Aashirwad scores century in local match
Aashirwad Sooryavanshi, younger brother of India cricket prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, scored 103 runs off 87 balls in a local practice match in Samastipur, Bihar. The 10-year-old represented Cricket Academy Tajpur, hitting 20 fours and a six at a strike rate of 118.39, helping his team post 234/4 in 29.5 overs. The feat drew attention partly because Vaibhav, currently touring Sri Lanka with India A, shared the scorecard on his Instagram story.
Aashirwad Sooryavanshi, the 10-year-old younger brother of teenage cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, has begun attracting attention after scoring a century in a local practice match in Samastipur. Playing for Cricket Academy Tajpur, Aashirwad struck 103 runs off 87 balls, including 20 fours and one six, at a strike rate of 118.39. His innings anchored his team's total of 234/4 in 29.5 overs, with Shivam Raj contributing 52. The achievement was acknowledged by his elder brother Vaibhav, who shared the match scorecard on his Instagram story while on tour in Sri Lanka for the Tri-Nation A Series involving India A, Sri Lanka A, and Afghanistan A. Vaibhav, 15, has himself had a remarkable rise, recently being named to India's T20I squad for series against Ireland and England, winning the IPL 2026 Orange Cap with 776 runs, and setting a record with a century off just 36 balls. The Sooryavanshi family, based in Samastipur, is now drawing wider interest as a potential cricketing dynasty at the grassroots level.
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The match was described as a local practice match, and no details are provided about the opposition team or the standard of bowling faced by Aashirwad, which would help contextualise the significance of the innings.
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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 10-year-old younger brother Aashirwad Sooryavanshi slams century
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