IPL 2026: Youngest. The fastest. Invincible! Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again created T20 history. cricket news
Wonder kid Wabihav Suryavanshi is in tremendous form in IPL 2026
15-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to reach 1,000 runs in men’s T20 cricket, and he scored faster than anyone before him – reaching there in just 473 balls, surpassing the previous benchmark set by Mitchell Owen (533 balls) during his storming century against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026.Kishore scored a breathtaking century in 36 balls in IPL 2026 – which is now the third fastest century in league history, behind only Chris Gayle’s iconic 30-ball assault and his 35-ball effort from last season.That innings was a statistical storm in itself. Suryavanshi hit 12 sixes, the most by an Indian in an IPL innings, surpassing the previous figure of 11 jointly hit by Murali Vijay and him. In the entire IPL history, only a few innings have had more maximums.He now joins Abhishek Sharma in a select group of players to have hit 10 or more sixes in multiple IPL innings, while also becoming the first batsman to score more than one IPL century in less than 40 balls.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi Major Milestones
- Youngest player to reach 1,000 runs in men’s T20 history (age 15)
- Fastest to 1,000 T20 runs (balls faced) – 473 balls (Prev: Mitchell Owen – 533)
- Reached 1,000 runs in 26 innings (one of the fastest ever)
- Only batsman among 1000+ T20 run scorers with 200+ strike rate (over 212)
- He needed just 15 innings to hit 50 IPL sixes, breaking Gayle’s long-standing record (21 innings).
- Also 50 fastest IPL sixes according to balls faced
- His tally of four T20 centuries in just 26 innings makes him the fastest century in men’s cricket, surpassing Pakistan’s Usman Khan.
- In the IPL alone, he has reached two centuries in just 15 innings, which is faster than Gayle or Hashim Amla.
Century in 36 balls – 3rd fastest in IPL history – behind only Chris Gayle (30 balls) and his own century in 35 balls - Only player to score multiple IPL centuries in 40 balls
- 2 IPL centuries in just 15 innings – fastest in league history
- 4 T20 centuries in 26 innings – Fastest four centuries in men’s T20 (ahead of Usman Khan – 33 innings)
- 12 sixes in an IPL innings – most by an Indian (surpassing Murali Vijay)
- Most IPL innings with 10+ sixes (exclusive list including Chris Gayle and Abhishek Sharma)
- 4 sixes in the first over of IPL innings – first time
- One of the few players to score three T20 centuries in 40 balls