Vaibhav Sooryavanshi breaks water pipe during IPL 2026 training:RR star skips Class 10 exams, father says, ‘will appear next year’

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been making his presence felt, quite literally! The 14-year-old broke a water pipe in training with the Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2026. Sooryavanshi, earlier this month, played a record-breaking 175-run knock that came off 80 deliveries, which helped India win the U-19 World Cup, beating England. He was also named Player of the Tournament as India bagged a record-extending sixth title. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashes water pipe in training The aftermath of the youngster’s destructive batting was seen in a video shared by the Rajasthan Royals on social media. Sooryavanshi launched onto a short ball in a training session and played a pull shot with brute force. The ball was hit with such power that it struck a water pipe nearby and ended up breaking it. The video, which has gone viral on social media, showed water leaking from the pipe in what seemed to be a building under construction. Also read: Struggling Abhishek Sharma vs Keshav Maharaj, Miller’s rematch against Hardik: 5 battles that could decide IND vs SA clash Vaibhav Sooryavanshi skips Class 10 exams, father explains reason Sooryavanshi, a few days before, had made the news for deciding to skip his Class 10 exams and join Rajasthan Royals’ training before IPL 2026. NK Sinha, the principal of Podar International School, where Sooryavanshi was expected to appear for exams, said that there could have been other obligations because of which he did not appear for exams.
However, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s father Sanjeev clarified that his son has prioritized cricket at the moment and will appear for the exams next year. “My son is practising in Nagpur with the Rajasthan Royals IPL team members. There was a lot of hype around his exams this year, so he has decided to skip them and will appear next year. Had he appeared for the exams, he would not have been able to concentrate,” Sanjeev said, as quoted by Mid-Day. He added, “Vaibhav was good in studies when he was regular at school. He used to get above 90 per cent in all subjects, but now his priority is cricket.”