Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke a series of records after making 103 runs in 37 balls for RR against SRH. The 15-year-old hit the second century of his IPL career and hit a century in T20 cricket for the fourth time.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi created history with another record-breaking knock in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL) between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The 15-year-old made the second century of his career in the world’s richest cricket league with a knock of 103 runs in just 37 balls in a knock that included five boundaries and 12 sixes.
Sooryavanshi reached his century in just 36 balls as he gave the Royals a solid platform for a big score. The 15-year-old started the innings with four sixes in the first over from Praful Hinge. This marked the first instance of a player scoring four maximums in the first over of an innings in the IPL’s history. The previous best instance in the opening over was by Naman Ojha against Bradd Hodge in 2009.
Interestingly, Hinge had dismissed the Royals opener for a golden duck in the reverse fixture in Hyderabad, but the teen prodigy managed to get his revenge. Later, he smashed Pat Cummins for the first ball he faced from the legendary pacer and found himself batting at 30 of only six balls at one stage.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Creates History
Sooryavanshi’s 36-ball century now means that he has the second and third fastest centuries in the IPL’s history and the two quickest ones by an Indian player. Last year, he had hit a 35-ball ton against the Gujarat Titans in Jaipur. No other player in the IPL’s history has even two centuries in fewer than 46 balls. Chris Gayle is the closest with his record 30-ball century as well as two 46-ball tons.
| Player | Balls | Team | Opponent | Venue | Year |
| Chris Gayle | 30 | RCB | PWI | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 35 | RR | GT | Jaipur | 2025 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 36 | RR | SRH | Jaipur | 2026 |
| Yusuf Pathan | 37 | RR | MI | Mumbai (Brabourne) | 2010 |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 37 | SRH | KKR | Delhi | 2025 |
Sooryavanshi also has a 32-ball century in T20 cricket, which came against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while playing for India-A in the 2025 Emerging Asia Cup in Doha. The 15-year-old is only the second player to have three tons within 36 balls in T20 cricket alongside Urvil Patel. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star has a century in 28, 31, and 26 balls for Gujarat in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) over the years. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma has two centuries within 36 balls (28 and 32) and another one in 37 balls.
The Indian star also completed his half-century in 15 balls earlier. This is the third instance of him reaching the milestone so early after scoring half-centuries in the same amount of balls against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) earlier this season. Sooryavanshi is the first player with three wickets within 15 balls in IPL history. Jake Fraser-McGurk is the only other player to achieve the rare feat multiple times.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Breaks Teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal’s IPL Feat, Sets New World Record
Sooryavanshi is the youngest player to score two IPL centuries and broke his teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record. Meanwhile, he now has four T20 centuries and now holds the world record for that too. The teenager has left behind Tilak Varma. No player at Sooryavanshi’s age had even one century in T20 cricket.
Youngest To Two IPL Centuries
| Player | Age |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 15 Years, 29 days |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 22 years, 116 days |
| Sai Sudharsan | 23 years, 215 days |
Youngest To Four T20 Centuries
| Player | Age |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 15 years, 29 days |
| Tilak Varma | 22 years, 15 days |
| Abhishek Sharma | 23 years, 49 days |
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s Six-Hitting Heroics
Sooryavanshi’s tally of 12 sixes in today’s innings is the most by an Indian player in an IPL match in history. He previously shared the record (11 sixes for RR vs GT in IPL 2025 at Jaipur) with Murli Vijay (11 sixes for CSK vs DC in IPL 2012 at Chennai).
Most Sixes In An IPL Innings
| Player | Sixes | Team | Opponent | Venue | Year |
| Chris Gayle | 17 | RCB | PWI | Bengaluru | 2013 |
| Brendon McCullum | 13 | KKR | RCB | Bengaluru | 2008 |
| Chris Gayle | 13 | RCB | DD | Delhi | 2012 |
| Vaibhav Sooryavanshi | 12 | RR | SRH | Jaipur | 2026 |
| Chris Gayle | 12 | RCB | KXIP | Bengaluru | 2015 |
| Ab de Villiers | 12 | RCB | GL | Bengaluru | 2016 |
The teenager is only the third player. after Chris Gayle (5 times) and Abhishek Sharma (2 times) to hit more than 10 sixes in multiple IPL innings.
