PM Narendra Modi meets IPL sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi at Patna Airport, shares special X post for youngster

Young RR batting prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi stunned everyone with his sensational outings in his debut IPL season in the ongoing IPL 2025. He ended up as one of the leading run-scorers for RR in the tournament, scoring 252 runs in seven innings, with a decent batting average of 36.00 and an outstanding batting strike rate of 206.55, hitting a century and a half-century.

Meanwhile, what attracted headlines and caught the attention of Indian cricket fans was the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vaibhav Suryavanshi at Patna Airport during his political visit to Bihar. PM Modi also shared a special X post about the teenage cricket sensation, praising him for his outstanding achievements at such a young age.

“At Patna airport, met the young cricketing sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi and his family. His cricketing skills are being admired all over the nation! My best wishes to him for his future endeavours,” wrote PM Modi in his X post for Vaibhav.

Here’s a look at PM Narendra Modi’s X-post:

At Patna airport, met the young cricketing sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi and his family. His cricketing skills are being admired all over the nation! My best wishes to him for his future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/pvUrbzdyU6

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 30, 2025

Vaibhav gets India U19 call up

Returning to Vaibhav, he also earned a big prize for his brilliant outings in the IPL; the BCCI selectors picked him in the India U-19 squad for the upcoming tour of England. The junior cricket committee announced the squad on Thursday, May 22, appointing another star IPL sensation, Ayush Mhatre, as the team’s skipper. Mhatre and Suryavanshi are the two major highlights of this India U19 squad, which will play five youth one-day games and two multi-day games against England U19, starting next month on June 27.

Here's a look at the India U19 squad for the England tour:

Ayush Mhatre (Captain), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Vihaan Malhotra, Maulyarajsinh Chavda, Rahul Kumar, Abhigyan Kundu (Vice-Captain & WK), Harvansh Singh (WK), R S Ambrish, Kanishk Chouhan, Khilan Patel, Henil Patel, Yudhajit Guha, Pranav Raghavendra, Mohammed Enaan, Aditya Rana, and Anmoljeet Singh.

Standby Players: Naman Pushpak, D Deepesh, Vedant Trivedi, Vikalp Tiwari, Alankrith Rapole (WK