Patna, May 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated cricket prodigy, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, for his historic achivement of scoring second fastest century during IPL T-20 cricket tournament recently.

Modi, while addressing the inaugural function of Khelo India Youth Games 2025 being hosted by Bihar through videoconferencing, said that Suryavanshi had created history recently while playing in IPL T-20 cricket tournament.

Suryavanshi, son of Bihar, had created record in cricket at very young age, which was not only result of his hard work and talents but also facilities being provided by the government, he noted.

"Talents of Suryavanshi were processed and polished at various levels so that he could perform well," the PM said, ...