The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction will be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. This time IPL is going to be special for Bihar. Bidding will be done on 4 players from Bihar. Four players from the state can be seen in IPL 2025.
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This includes the names of explosive batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, leg spinner Himanshu Singh, wicketkeeper batsman Bipin Saurabh and fast bowler Shakib Hussain. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest player in this auction. He made his Ranji debut at a younger age than Sachin.
At the same time, Saqib Hussain of Gopalganj’s mother had mortgaged her jewelery to play cricket. To pay his academy fees, he started working in the same ground where Bipin Saurabh used to practice. He even cut the grass on the ground.
At the same time, Himanshu Singh had bought his first bat from Sarojini Market in Delhi for Rs 1500. This time in Sunday Big Story, read the story of 4 players from Bihar who reached the IPL auction…
IPL mega auction will start on November 24 at 3 pm. The auction will start the next day (25th November) also at 3 pm. Out of 574 players, 244 are capped, while 330 are uncapped.
Vaibhav, the youngest player in IPL auction
Vaibhav Suryavanshi from Samastipur, Bihar is the youngest player in this auction. Vaibhav is just 13 years old. He has played Ranji Trophy, Heman Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy. He is a left handed batsman.
Vaibhav has been selected in the Junior Indian Cricket Team. He was part of the team in the Under-19 series against Australia this year. Against Australia, he scored a century in just 58 balls.
In this innings he hit 14 fours and 4 sixes. With this, he broke the records of Pakistan’s opener batsman Babar Azam and Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto.
Shanto scored a century in Youth ODI cricket against Sri Lanka Under-19 in Sylhet at the age of 14 years and 241 days. At the same time, Pakistan’s Babar Azam had scored a century in Dambulla in 15 years and 48 days.
Players who debuted at a younger age than Sachin
Recently Vaibhav made his debut in the Ranji Trophy between Bihar and Mumbai at Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna. At that time his age was only 12 years, 9 months and 14 days.
Vaibhav has become the second youngest player to debut in Ranji. Aleemuddin had debuted at a younger age than him (12 years, 2 months 18 days). Sachin Tendulkar made his debut at the age of 15 years and 7 months and 22 days.
Started playing cricket at the age of 5
Vaibhav’s father Sanjeev Suryavanshi told that ‘he was born on 27 March 2011. He started playing cricket at the age of 5. Kept playing cricket at home for 2 years. At the age of 7, I took him to the cricket academy in Samastipur.
Vaibhav played here for 3 years. Then we brought him to Gen X Cricket Academy located in Sampatchak, Patna. At the age of 10, Vaibhav played big matches and started scoring runs in senior matches as well.
Used to practice every day in the scorching heat of summer
Vaibhav used to practice at Patel Maidan in Samastipur. His coach Brajesh told that ‘Vaibhav used to work very hard. He used to have special time of 5 to 6 hours in the academy. During this time, seniors also used to practice with him. Even during the summer months, he used to practice in his sessions from 10 am to 3:30 pm, the results of which we are seeing today. He will not be seen resting anytime soon. He always keeps himself in practice.
Now let’s talk about 20 year old Saqib Hussain.
The name of 20-year-old Saqib Hussain from Gopalganj, Bihar is also included in the list of IPL 2025 auction. Saqib is a right arm fast bowler. The base price of Shakib, already selected as a net bowler in Chennai Super Kings, is Rs 30 lakh. Last year, Shakib Hussain was bought by IPL team KKR for Rs 20 lakh.
Mother had mortgaged her jewelery to play
Saqib lives in Dargah locality of Sadar block. His father Ali Ahmed Hussain is a laborer by profession. Saqib says that ‘the financial condition of the house was not good. I didn’t even have special shoes for bowling. Then mother had mortgaged her jewelery to play.
In the initial days, my dream was not to join cricket but to join the army. I used to go running in the city’s Minj Stadium, where after seeing the players, I also had a desire to play cricket.
After studying till Intermediate, Saqib entered the world of cricket and gradually progressed. He also got a chance to play in the Devdhari Giri tournament at Minj Stadium in Gopalganj.
In this he was selected for bowling. After this, he joined the Bihar Cricket League to be held in Patna in 2021. Then he went to Chandigarh to play Under-19, in which he was the highest wicket taker.
Dhoni had praised Shakib
Saqib has also been a net bowler of Chennai Super Kings. During this time he got a chance to meet Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Shakib took advice from Dhoni regarding his bowling. On this Dhoni said, ‘It is going well, you have good talent. You keep doing like this. Just keep working hard, selection is not in your hands. Saqib also considers Dhoni as his idol.
Now read the story of 25 year old Bipin Saurabh of Aurangabad.
Bipin Saurabh, born in Satyendra Nagar, Aurangabad, is also included in the list of auction. As soon as he did better in the Ranji team, the doors of IPL opened for Bipin Saurabh. Bipin Saurabh is a wicketkeeper and batsman.
Bipin’s father Santosh Kumar Singh, who comes from a middle-class family, runs a private school. Whereas, mother Shiv Kumari Devi is a housewife. 25 year old Bipin started his cricket career 11 years ago.
Children who played got more respect
Bipin told that ‘Children playing district level cricket also studied in my father’s school. I used to see that the children who played and did well got a different respect. He was looked upon with good attention. I also wanted that respect.
Bipin further said that ‘I used to play in the field with school children. Since then I got addicted to cricket. I had requested him to convince my father to let me play cricket, so that I can get admission in the cricket academy.
Papa never stopped me from playing, but he asked me to focus more on studies. He said that I should go and play in the evening and then come back and study.
Bipin further said that ‘When I was near the matriculation exam, I had completely missed my studies because my focus had become more on cricket. At that time, father asked me to pay attention because there was financial crisis at that time.
My father had exhausted his savings to save someone else from a fraud case. There was a loss of about Rs 20 lakh. After this, father was running the school, but was not able to become financially strong. He had even sold the land of his house.
Left for Delhi to make a career in cricket
Bipin left for Delhi at the age of 14 even before the matriculation exam. He said that I requested my father to pursue a career in cricket and went to Delhi because there was not much scope for cricket in Bihar.
When I went to Delhi, I also came to know that I cannot play cricket without someone’s support. Even to play a league match there, one has to pay Rs 25 thousand. I didn’t have that much money, so I didn’t play league matches.
Grass was cut to pay academy fees
After going to Delhi, Bipin practiced at different academies and grounds. Bipin told that ‘We did not have enough money to pay the fees of the academy. To pay the academy fees, he started working in the same ground where he used to practice. Here we also did the work of rolling and mowing the wicket.
One day, Ramashankar, who was the fitness trainer and throw armourer of legendary cricketers, noticed us and made us his disciple. After this, I started getting excellent training. Bipin has made many records in his name in Ranji matches and Heman Trophy matches.
Patna’s Himanshu got addicted to cricket after watching TV
Himanshu Singh, born in Bikram, Patna, got addicted to cricket after watching TV. He said, ‘I developed a passion for cricket after watching it on TV in my childhood. I loved watching cricket. Virender Sehwag used to be my favorite player.
Started playing cricket at the age of 10 in school. Where I come from, very few people play cricket. So there was no one to show me the right direction about it. Then on the advice of a friend, I went out of Bihar.
Bought my first cricket bat from Sarojini Market, Delhi.
Himanshu further said that ‘I stayed in Delhi with a room with friends. If I didn’t know how to cook, I learned that too. Initially there was a lot of difficulty in finding an academy. I bought my first cricket bat for Rs 1500 from Sarojini Market in Delhi.
‘No one at home forbade me to play cricket. In this I have got a lot of support from my elder brother. My father Sudama Singh is a farmer and mother Himanti Devi is a housewife. I have two elder brothers, who are government teachers.
However, the people in the neighborhood did taunt him. He used to say that ‘I have gone to play cricket, but the game will take some time. It is not so easy to become a cricketer. 2014 was the turning point in Himanshu’s life, when he played his first state match from Jharkhand.
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