Vijender Singh sparks discussion on Vaibhav Suryavanshi's age with cryptic post on social media

Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s age and the authenticity of his official date of birth has been a major talking point in the cricketing world ever since the left-handed opener from Bihar got his IPL career off to a sensational start with an explosive knock against LSG and a 35-ball century against GT.

Boxing icon Vijender Singh sparked a discussion on age fraud in cricket with a post on social media on Wednesday, appearing to take a jibe at Rajasthan Royals’ opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who has been among the biggest talking points in the Indian Premier League since the mega auction in November.

“Bhai aaj kal umar choti ker ke cricket me bhe khelne lage (Players have started to lower their age in cricket as well),” Vijender wrote in a post on X on Wednesday, a couple of days after Suryavanshi’s historic 35-ball century against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur.

The timing of the Olympic medalist’ post naturally made netizens assume Suryavanshi was the batter he was referring to in his post. Here are are some of the reactions to his post:

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