13-year-old prodigy Vaibhav Suryavanshi may switch states to get out of Bihar cricket mess

The left-hander is inactive successful Chennai but has been told by the BCA to articulation the Bihar squad up of their 2nd lucifer against Bengal, to beryllium played successful Kalyani from October 18.

“The Youth Test lucifer betwixt India and Australia ended a time aboriginal and that’s wherefore we didn’t prime him for the lucifer successful Lahli. It would person been a large hassle for him to question each the mode from Chennai to Rohtak. But helium volition articulation the squad successful Kolkata for the 2nd match,” BCA president Rakesh Tiwary told The Indian Express.

When asked however the youngster could play successful the 2nd lucifer erstwhile his sanction was not successful the archetypal squad, the BCA president said, “we didn’t privation to enactment unwanted unit connected the kid.”

The Indian Express understands that apical clubs successful the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) archetypal part league are funny successful signing the left-handed teen and the youngster is considering his options to marque a move.

“Bihar is not perfect for bully cricketers. No 1 cares. The BCCI has stopped caring astir it arsenic well. It is getting hard with each passing day,” says Vaibhav’s manager Manoj Ojha.

“As a coach, I would privation him to permission Bihar instantly to play for different state. I privation apical Ranji teams to springiness him an connection and helium indispensable instrumentality it. He should play for a authorities wherever helium tin beryllium groomed, wherever helium would beryllium looked after. VVS Laxman rates him precise highly and monitors his development.”

Vaibhav had made his first-class debut for Bihar a the property of 12 connected the archetypal time of India’s home reddish shot play successful 2024. (Express photo)

Ojha said helium had requested Vaibhav’s begetter Sanjeev Suryavanshi to determination his lad to Jharkhand 3 years ago.

“But his begetter can’t spend to power basal from Samastipur to Ranchi. If Vaibhav plays for Tamil Nadu, helium volition beryllium nurtured and his performances volition get noticed,” adds Ojha.

However, Vaibhav’s begetter Sanjeev Suryavanshi said they are lone searching for the champion infrastructure to groom his talent.

“We are looking for a bully club, wherever helium tin get the apical facilities to train,” helium says. “The lone purpose is to ticker him play for the elder India team. He has worked hard,” helium says.

Messy affair

Two abstracted Bihar teams person been picked for the archetypal 2 rounds of the Ranji Trophy. The 20-member squad picked by BCA president Tiwary has reached Rohtak to look Haryana, pipping the 1 with the blessings of caput Amit Kumar.

This is not the archetypal clip a factional feud has resulted successful abstracted teams representing the authorities successful the premier home competition.

This January, The Indian Express had reported that 2 teams, each claiming to correspond Bihar, had turned up for a Ranji crippled against Mumbai astatine Patna’s Moin-ul-Haq Stadium.

Tiwary blamed Aditya Verma, the archetypal petitioner successful the 2013 spot-fixing case, for the chaos successful Bihar cricket.

“His lone occupation is to tarnish Bihar’s image. He is creating a nuisance due to the fact that his lad (Lakhan Raja) was not picked,” alleged Tiwari.

Bihar are successful Group C of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season, alongside Bengal, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.