15-Year-Old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Becomes India's Youngest POTM Winner
The teenage sensation claimed his maiden Player of the Match award in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, breaking a long-standing record.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old cricket prodigy, made history on July 26, 2026, by becoming the youngest Indian to win a Player of the Match award. He achieved this feat during the third T20I against Zimbabwe in Harare, scoring 81 off 49 balls. The performance also earned him the Player of the Series title, with 151 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 196.10.
Sooryavanshi's international debut had been quiet during the England tour, but he bounced back emphatically in Zimbabwe. His knock surpassed the previous youngest record held by Ravi Shastri (18 years 295 days) and Yuvraj Singh (18 years 300 days). Yuvraj had won his first POTM in 2000 against Australia, while Shastri's came in 1981 with a seven-wicket haul against New Zealand.