Vaibhav Suryavanshi: The 14-year-old prodigy who redefined Indian cricket records in yesterday’s match.
At 14 years and 32 days old, on Monday, while playing the match against Gujarat Titans, the young sensation shattered tons of records.
He smashed his century in just 35 deliveries, which not only made him the youngest man to score a century but also the fastest century by an Indian player in IPL.
What were you doing at 14?!! This kid is taking on the best bowlers in the world without blinking an eyelid! Vaibhav Suryavanshi — remember the name! Playing with a fearless attitude 🔥 Proud to see the next generation shine! #VaibhavSuryavanshi #GTvsRR
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) April 28, 2025
The old record was with Yusuf Pathan, who smashed the century in 37 balls in 2010; he changed it by becoming the Indian to score the fastest century.
Overall, in IPL history, the young boy is just behind the universe boss, Chris Gayle, who completed his century in 30 deliveries.
He scored 93.06 percent of the runs from boundaries, which is the highest proportion in men’s T20s.
Apart from these records, he also equaled Murali Vijay’s record of most sixes in an innings, which is hitting eleven sixes.
At such a young age, smashing the international bowlers was none other than a wonder to watch.
Match Details
The 47th match of the IPL was all set to be played in Jaipur.
Riyan Parag won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Gujarat Titans Innings
Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill opened the innings for GT and started great.
They both had an amazing start when Theekshana broke their partnership by taking Sai’s wicket.
Jos came to bat; on the other hand, Gill completed his half-century, and Theekshana struck again and took his wicket.
Buttler played a not-out knock of 50 runs, and with his contribution, GT made a total of 209/4.
Rajasthan Royals Innings
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi opened the innings for RR.
The power-hitting started from the powerplay when in the fourth over, Vaibhav smashed 28 runs against Ishant Sharma.
He accelerated from there, and in the 10th over, he scored 30 runs against Karim Janat.
And then, just in 35 deliveries, he completed his half-century; Jaiswal, on the other hand, completed his half-century.
They both made RR win the match and stay in the race for the playoffs.
Youngest to score an IPL hundred
First Indian centurion this season
Second-fastest 100 in IPL HISTORY 💯This. Was. The. Moment. 💗pic.twitter.com/bBld2KgJMn
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 28, 2025