Vijender Singh who was bronze medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, and first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal questioned about the age of Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi. His comments follow by some social media users. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is the youngest player to play in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season.
Playing in the just third IPL match, the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi exhausted a stack of records with a motivated century against Gujarat Titans at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan on Monday. The young batsman scripted a history with a 35-ball century, which is the second-fastest of all time cricket and is the fastest by an Indian player in the history of IPL.
One user on X posted “Even if this Vaibhav gay did age fraud, such insane power-hitting at the age of 15-16 is crazyyy man,”
Another user posted Vaibhav’s old video giving an interview and claimed, “Vaibhav is definitely older then he states,”
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On Wednesday, bronze medal winner Vijender Singh, through a social media post elevated the question whether age fraud has now settled in cricket as well. In the Indian sport, specially at the junior and age-group levels age fraud, or the practice of misrepresenting a player’s age is a notable problem. The BCCI (Board of Control for cricket in India) has considered this issue, including stricter verification processes. Olympic Games bronze medalist Vijender Singh on X “Bhai aaj kal umar choti ker ke cricket me bhe khelne lage (Players have started reducing their age in cricket too),”
