Top 3 youngest players to hit half-century in Duleep Trophy ft. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi

The Duleep Trophy has long served as a stage where young Indian cricketers announce themselves at the senior level. In the 2026-27 edition of the elite red-ball tournament, a 15-year-old from East Zone added his name to the record books in a manner that will be remembered for years.

Playing in the Duleep Trophy semi-final against Central Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrote the tournament's age records. Three players now stand out as the youngest to have scored a half-century in Duleep Trophy history, with the oldest of the trio having achieved the feat back in 2005.

Here are three youngest players to score a half-century in Duleep Trophy:

3. Piyush Chawla

Piyush Chawla, the former India leg-spinner, scored a Duleep Trophy half-century at the age of 16 years and 307 days in 2005. Chawla went on to make his Test debut for India against England in March 2006, having made his domestic debut for Uttar Pradesh on October 11, 2005. His fifty in the Duleep Trophy remains one of the earliest indicators of his talent at the senior domestic level, and he sits third on this list of the youngest half-century scorers in the tournament's history.