President Murmu Honours 14-Year-Old Cricket Star Vaibhav Suryavanshi with Bal Puraskar

• Vaibhav Suryavanshi, 14, received the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar from President Droupadi Murmu for his exceptional batting.
• The young prodigy plays for the Under-19 India team and Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, where he became the youngest to secure a contract.
• Suryavanshi holds records for the youngest centurion in T20 cricket, fastest IPL century by an Indian, and fastest U19 ODI century.
• He also became the youngest to score a century in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and men's List A cricket, surpassing AB de Villiers' record for fastest 150.
• His impressive career includes multiple centuries across T20, List A, Youth ODI, and Youth Test formats, with comparisons to Sachin Tendulkar.

Why It Matters: 14-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi was awarded the Bal Puraskar for his record-breaking batting.