Vaibhav Suryavanshi has been on the record breaking/setting spree for the last one year or so and he is preparing for his second innings. IPL Going into the season, expectations are sky high from the 15-year-old Boy Wonder. While the jury is still out on whether he can shake off the second-season blues – teams are better prepared to deal with his brutality with the bat – Sooryavanshi is not one to back down or get bogged down. He showed glimpses last season of what he could do in the IPL, scoring 252 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of 206.56, including a century and a half-century. So, what can we expect from Sooryavanshi in its second season? A lot more – plus these five iconic IPL records, once considered unbeatable, can be held by the 15-year-old teenager.
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Highest individual score – 175 (Chris Gayle)*
The highest individual score in the IPL belongs to the iconic Chris Gayle when he took the 2013 edition by storm with a sensational 175 not out off just 66 balls against a poor bowling attack of Pune Warriors at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – or ‘Galestorm’, if you want to put it that way. With 13 fours and 17 sixes, it was a spectacular innings that has not been seen since and many believe it is a record that can stand the test of time.But with Vaibhav Suryavanshi breaking all kinds of records left, right and centre, is Gayle’s record finally in danger? This could be very good. Suryavanshi has a tendency to become really big whenever it enters. Sample this:His highest score in Youth T20 is 144 runs off just 42 balls – and he was out in the 15th over. His highest score in Youth ODI is 175 runs off 80 balls in the final of the 2026 Under-19 World Cup – and he was out in the 26th over. His next best of 171 came in the Under-19 Asia Cup off just 95 balls and once again he was out in the 33rd over. And he scored 190 runs in 84 balls in Vijay Hazare Trophy and was out in the 27th over. Need any proof that this breakout beast can topple Chris Gayle’s unmatched record of highest individual score in IPL?
Most sixes in an innings – 17 (Chris Gayle)
Courtesy the above innings, the record again belongs to Gayle. Seventeen sixes in a team’s T20 innings is an insane feat in itself, but to hit it single-handedly is once again beyond comparison. Then again, records are meant to be broken, and if there is anyone who can surpass the great Gayle, it is the ruthless Suryavanshi.Back to the samples: Suryavanshi hit 15 sixes during his 144-run innings in the Youth T20 match, and then 15 more in the Under-19 World Cup final, and 15 more in that 190-run innings in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Then again, it should be a fair bet that Suryavanshi can deliver three better performances in this IPL.
Most sixes in a single edition – 59 (Chris Gayle)
And if we are betting on Suryavanshi to break the record of most sixes in an innings, let’s take it a notch further and extend it to most sixes in an IPL season too. Not surprisingly, this record is in the name of Gayle, who hit 59 sixes in the 2012 edition. Andre Russell managed to score 52 runs for KKR in the 2019 edition. Only two players have managed to hit more than 50 sixes in a single edition, with Gayle managing to do so twice (51 in the 2013 season).In his inaugural season, Suryavanshi hit 24 sixes in seven matches. So, if he gets a full season of 14 matches, it would be modest to expect him to hit 50 sixes if he goes ahead.
Highest strike rate in a season – 234.34 (Jake Fraser-McGurk)
Now, this will be a difficult record to break and will require some kind of parameter. Keeping in mind that Vaibhav Suryavanshi plays all 14 games or so, and manages to face at least 10 balls in each game, we put a marker of a minimum of 100 balls in a season to determine the best strike rate.Accordingly, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind 2024 season tops the list, having faced a total of 141 deliveries in nine matches at a strike rate of 234.34. And why do we think that Suryavanshi can eclipse it? Well, last season Suryavanshi came close. He finished with a strike rate of 206.55, facing 122 balls in the seven matches he played. So if he has an unpredictable season this time, Suryavanshi has a real chance of topping the charts in terms of strike rate as well – but there are a lot of balls to be faced by Ryder.
six sixes in one over
And finally, a record that we have seen set in first-class cricket, List A and T20 – excluding the IPL: six sixes in an over. Hitting five sixes in an over is the best in IPL, this has been seen five times. Gayle first hit five sixes off the ball of Rahul Sharma of Pune Warriors in 2012. Rahul Tewatia entered IPL folklore in 2020 by hitting five sixes off West Indies international Sheldon Cottrell, and Ravindra Jadeja repeated the feat against RCB’s Harshal Patel in 2021 – also hitting a four – equaling the most runs scored in an over.Rinku Singh This was followed by one of the most exciting overs ever in IPL history, with Yash Dayal hitting five sixes in the final over to win the match for KKR, and in the 2025, Ryan Parag hit five sixes off KKR’s Moeen Ali. Will Suryavanshi – not only add her name to this list – but complete the set with six sixes in an over – a first in the IPL?