Updated On: 19 February, 2026 09:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Bipin Dani
Fourteen-year-old batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has decided to skip his Class 10 CBSE examinations this year to prioritise his rapidly rising cricket career, according to his father. Sooryavanshi, who recently smashed a match-winning 175 off 80 balls in the Under-19 World Cup final against England in Harare to guide India

VAibhav Sooryavanshi. Pic/AFP
At just 14, prolific batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is a household name in Indian cricket. So anything he does, or for that matter, doesn’t do, becomes news.
Lately, Sooryavanshi was in the news in the build-up to the Class 10 CBSE examinations which he was supposed to appear for. However, in a bold move, the young top-order batter, has now decided to skip the exams this year to focus on his cricketing journey.
Rajasthan Royals’s Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during the IPL match vs Gujarat Titans in Jaipur last year. Pic/AFP