Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s unfiltered belligerence left all of Jaipur and the cricketing world in sheer astonishment on Monday night as the 14-year-old left-hander walloped a 35-ball century in only his third IPL match for the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Taking on a stacked Gujarat Titans bowling line-up, Suryavanshi showed no remorse in biffing the deliveries of the likes of Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan and Prasidh Krishna as he plundered 11 sixes during his rollicking hundred. Naturally, the Bihar boy took home a bunch of new world and IPL records.
Here’s a recap of all the records broken by Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century
Youngest T20/IPL centurion
Vaibhav Suryavanshi is the youngest centurion in all men’s T20 history, bettering the record held by former India U19 batter Vijay Zol by nearly a four-year margin.
Aged 14 years 32 days, Suryavanshi thereby broke the following records
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- Youngest cricketer to score a fifty in the IPL – surpassing Riyan Parag (17y 175d – (RR) vs DC, 2019)
- Youngest cricketer to score a fifty in all Men’s T20s – surpassing 15y 360d – Hassan Eisakhil (Boost Defenders) vs Kabul Eagles, 2022
- Youngest cricketer to score a century in the IPL – surpassing Manish Pandey, aged 19y 253d – (RCB) vs DCH, 2009
- Youngest cricketer to score a century in all Men’s T20s – overtaking Vijay Zol, aged 18y 118d – (Maharashtra) vs Mumbai, 2013
- Suryavansh is the only batter aged below 18 years of age to record a men’s T20 century!
Fastest T20/IPL centurion
Suryavanshi’s 35-ball hundred also stacked up a heap of records.
- Second-fastest centurion in the IPL — only behind Chris Gayle’s 30-ball hundred against Pune Warriors India in 2013.
- Fastest IPL century by an Indian – broke Yusuf Pathan’s record for his 37-ball century against Mumbai Indians in 2010.
- Fastest IPL century by an uncapped batter – surpassed Priyansh Arya’s 39-ball hundred against Chennai Super Kings from this season.
- Fastest IPL century for Rajasthan Royals – overtaking Yusuf Pathan
- Fastest IPL century against Gujarat Titans – surpassing Will Jacks’ 41-ball ton for RCB vs GT, 2024
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Sixes and boundary records
Suryavanshi belted a colossal 11 sixes during his knock, an almost unprecedented surge in the league’s history.
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- Joint-most sixes by an Indian in an IPL innings – equalling Murali Vijay’s 11 sixes for CSK vs RR in IPL 2010
- Most sixes by an uncapped batter in an IPL innings – surpassing Ishan Kishan’s 9 sixes for MI vs RCB in IPL 2020
- Most sixes by a Rajasthan Royals batter in an IPL innings – overtaking Sanju Samson’s 10 sixes for RR vs RCB in IPL 2018
- Highest boundary percentage in an IPL century – 93.07 percent, eclipsing Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 90.32 boundary percent for RR vs MI in IPL 2023
Man of the Match records
- Youngest cricketer to win a Player of the Match award in IPL history – surpassing Mujeeb Ur Rahman, aged 17y 39d – KXIP v RR, 2018
- Youngest cricketer to win a Player of the Match award in Men’s T20 history – surpassing Alusine Turay, aged 15y 74d – (Sierra Leone) vs Cameroon, 2022
Vaibhav Suryavanshi took home a heap of IPL and T20 records after his 35-ball century for RR vs GT. (BCCI)
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