Wonder boy Vabihav Sooryavanshi in beast mode in IPL 2026
15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to reach 1,000 runs in men’s T20 cricket and did so faster than anyone before him, reaching the mark in just 473 balls, surpassing the previous benchmark (533 balls) set by Mitchell Owen in the 2026 IPL Cyclone Century against Sunrisers Hyderabad.The teenager’s impressive 36-ball hundred in IPL 2026 is currently the third-fastest century in the league’s history, behind only Chris Gayle’s iconic 30-ball blitz and his own 35-ball haul last season.That game itself was a statistical storm. Sooryavanshi hit 12 sixes, the most sixes by an Indian in a single IPL innings, surpassing the previous record of 11 sixes shared by Murali Vijay and himself. Only a few innings in the history of IPL have seen more full runs.He is now one of the players along with Abhishek Sharma to have hit 10 or more sixes in multiple IPL knocks, while also becoming the first batsman to score more than 100 IPL runs in less than 40 balls.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Major Milestones
- Men’s T20 Youngest player in history to reach 1,000 runs (15 years old)
- Fastest to reach 1,000 T20 runs (by ball) – 473 balls (Previously: Mitchell Owen – 533)
- Reach 1,000 points in 26 games (fastest ever)
- The only batsman among 1000+ T20 scorers with a strike rate of more than 200 (over 212)
- He hit 50 IPL sixes in just 15 innings, breaking Gayle’s long-standing record (21 innings).
- Also the fastest to reach 50 IPL six goals (in terms of balls)
- He completed four T20 centuries in just 26 innings, making him the fastest to achieve the feat in men’s cricket, surpassing Pakistan’s Usman Khan.
- In the IPL alone, he reached 200 runs in just 15 innings, faster than even Gayle or Hashim Amla.
36-ball century – the third fastest in IPL history – behind only Chris Gayle (30) and his own 35-ball ton - The only player to score less than 100 goals in IPL
- 2 IPL centuries in just 15 innings – fastest in league history
- Scored 4 T20 centuries in 26 innings – Fastest to reach 4 centuries in men’s T20 matches (ahead of Usman Khan – 33 innings)
- Hit 12 sixes in an IPL innings – most by an Indian (surpassed Murali Vijay)
- Multiple IPL innings with more than 10 sixes (elite list includes Chris Gayle and Abhishek Sharma)
- Four sixes hit in first innings of IPL match – unprecedented
- One of the few players to have 3 T20 centuries with 40 or less balls
