Vijender Singh sparks dialogue on Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s age with cryptic put up on social media

Boxing icon Vijender Singh sparked a dialogue on age fraud in cricket with a put up on social media on Wednesday, showing to take a jibe at Rajasthan Royals’ opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has been among the many greatest speaking factors within the
Indian Premier League for the reason that mega public sale in November.

“Bhai aaj kal umar choti ker ke cricket me bhe khelne lage (Gamers have began to decrease their age in cricket as nicely),” Vijender wrote in a put up on X on Wednesday, a few days after Suryavanshi’s historic 35-ball century in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants in Jaipur.

Bhai aaj kal umar choti ker ke cricket me bhe khelne lage 🤔

— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) April 30, 2025

The timing of the Olympic medalist’ put up naturally made netizens assume Suryavanshi was the batter he was referring to in his put up. Listed here are are among the reactions to his put up:

Vaibhav suryawanshi ki baat kar rahe ho kya

— Aditya Aman (@AdityaAman_20) April 30, 2025

this is not U19 match
Galat to jab h ki 19+ wale U19 khele

Kya fark padta h,30-40yo se higher khela h

— Sahu (@IM5AHU) Could 1, 2025

U19 na khel rahe tau, expertise worldwide cricket gamers ki sattu ko ghol banakar pi liya hai chore ne

— Meraz Hussain (@MerazHu00039622) April 30, 2025

Suryavanshi had turn out to be the youngest participant in IPL historical past in November when the
Rajasthan Royals purchased him for Rs 1.10 crore on the age of 13.

The left-handed opener from Bihar would then turn out to be the youngest to play an IPL match after
making his debut throughout RR’s away conflict in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants 23 days after his 14th birthday.

And within the residence sport in opposition to Gujarat Titans a little bit over every week later, he would
smash a 35-ball century to interrupt much more information and assist the Royals maintain their playoff hopes afloat with a dominant eight-wicket victory, snapping their five-game dropping streak within the course of.

Suryavanshi’s age, nevertheless, has been a subject of debate, particularly with an previous interview of his going viral on social media. Within the interview uploaded to YouTube in April 2023, {the teenager} claimed he can be turning 14 in September that yr.

Which suggests Suryavanshi scored his maiden century in any format on the age of 15 – which remains to be an unbelievable feat given he flattened an assault comprising world-class leg-spinner Rashid Khan and senior India pacers Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Siraj.