Neel Kishore, principal of Podar International School in Samastipur, has confirmed that 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi will appear for his Class 10 board examinations like any other student, with no special privileges.
“Cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi will sit for the Class 10 board exams at our school. He has received his admit card. There is excitement among teachers, students and parents about his arrival. However, we have made arrangements keeping in mind that he is first and foremost a student appearing for an examination. This is an academic pitch, not a cricket pitch. All facilities, safety and security will remain the same for every student. Exams begin on February 17,” Kishore said.
Suryavanshi recently made headlines for his extraordinary performance at the U19 World Cup. In the final against England in Harare, he smashed 175 off just 80 balls, hammering 15 fours and 15 sixes — the highest number of sixes in a single U19 World Cup innings.
He finished the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer with 439 runs in seven matches at an impressive average of 62.71 and a strike rate of 169.49, including one century and three half-centuries. His tally of 30 sixes in the tournament set a new U19 World Cup record, surpassing South Africa’s Dewald Brevis, who had struck 18 sixes in the 2022 edition. Suryavanshi now holds the record for the most sixes in U19 World Cup history.
