{"id":4581,"date":"2024-01-07T06:25:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T06:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2024-01-07T06:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T06:26:06","slug":"bihars-vaibhav-suryavanshi-makes-ranji-trophy-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalcric.com\/bihars-vaibhav-suryavanshi-makes-ranji-trophy-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"At 12, Bihar\u2019s Vaibhav Suryavanshi makes Ranji Trophy debut against Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The lockdown didn\u2019t deter Sanjeev as he started training Vaibhav Suryavanshi on a cement pitch at home, after reading about a similar arrangement in a newspaper about how Shubman Gill’s father used to train him in Fazilka, Punjab.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sanjeev Suryavanshi was surprised seeing children aged six or seven playing cricket in the maidans of Mumbai. Suryavanshi, who was struggling to make a living in the metropolis, once asked a coach at Oval Maidan about the right age one should start playing the game. The coach gave him a three-word reply: \u201cCatch them young.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The incident has proved prophetic as Suryavanshi\u2019s son Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his first-class debut at the age of 12 against\u00a0Mumbai<\/a>\u00a0in the Ranji Trophy game at the Moin-ul-Haq Stadium in Patna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was a cricket tragic myself. But in Bihar, let alone cricket, there was no scope for any sport. I moved to Mumbai at the age of 19 and did a lot of jobs, such as working as a bouncer in a nightclub in Colaba, working in a Sulabh toilet or at the port. I used to spend my off days at the Oval Maidan. There young kids playing cricket would be covered by pads and helmets. A few of them were so good that one could watch them for hours. I decided it then only that be it a son or daughter, I will make my children cricketers,\u201d Sanjeev told\u00a0The Indian Express<\/a>\u00a0from Patna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n