rajasthan Royals' young opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi is in the news these days for two reasons. On one hand, he is in the news for creating history by scoring a century in 35 balls, while on the other hand, he is in the news due to the controversy over his age. Many people are accusing him of giving a lesser age. Now, former indian boxer Vijender Singh's statement on this controversy has created more ruckus.
Vijender Singh posted a post on social media which further fuelled this controversy. In his post, he has raised the question of age fraud in cricket.
What did Vijender Singh write?
Vijender, who has won a bronze medal in the Olympic Games, wrote on X, "Brother, nowadays people have started playing cricket by reducing their age?" This post of his is being linked to the Vaibhav Suryavanshi age controversy. Father's statement on the controversy over age
Vaibhav's father Sanjeev Suryavanshi responded to the allegations of age fraud against him. He said that when Vaibhav was 8 years old, he had an official bone test. He told that this test is certified by the BCCI. This test is done only to check the age of young players.
Vaibhav created history
Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 14-year-old talented player of rajasthan Royals, created history by becoming the youngest player to score a century in both IPL and t20 cricket. The teenager created history by scoring a century in 35 balls against gujarat Titans. This is the fastest century scored by an indian player and the second fastest century ever in the IPL. This was Suryavanshi's only third IPL match. At the age of 14 years and 32 days, he played a blistering innings of 101 runs in just 38 balls and scored centuries in IPL and t20 cricket.
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